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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Hsu's parents first meet?
(a) University of Illinois.
(b) University of Texas.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Ringeld University.

2. What did Hsu think Ken projected?
(a) Talent.
(b) Sweetness.
(c) Vulnerability.
(d) Confidence.

3. Which band did Hsu particularly like in high school?
(a) The Who.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) U2.
(d) Nivana.

4. What law's passage did Hsu and others protest against in 1996?
(a) Proposition 209.
(b) Proposition 300.
(c) Proposition 209.
(d) Proposition 305.

5. What city did Hsu think was "lame"?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Strysdale.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Boston.

6. How did Hsu begin identifying himself in college?
(a) As a straight-edge.
(b) As a rebel.
(c) As a make-up artist.
(d) As a musician.

7. What film did Chris Marker make that Hsu loved?
(a) The Rostrar.
(b) Breathless.
(c) The Bicycle Thief.
(d) La Jetee.

8. How did Hsu begin sorting his classmates in his own mind?
(a) By athletic ability.
(b) By their food preferences.
(c) By their furniture.
(d) By their musical sensibilities.

9. What was Ken part of that Hsu sometimes looked down his nose at?
(a) A magician's club.
(b) A fraternity.
(c) A freemason's group.
(d) A music club.

10. What did Hsu desperately want to be the type of person to do?
(a) Cook well.
(b) Understand poetry.
(c) Be able to look effortlessly vague.
(d) Be able to compete in athletics.

11. What did Hsu's mother spend a lot of time during the 1990s on?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Missing persons lists.
(c) Video conferences.
(d) Wanted lists.

12. Hsu wrote that there are many different types of which of the following in friendship?
(a) Currencies.
(b) Vulnerabilities.
(c) Placations.
(d) Collages.

13. How did Hsu's father refer to his zine?
(a) As his stone.
(b) As his thesis.
(c) As his pet project.
(d) As his publications.

14. Which philosopher's ideas influenced Hsu's thinking about friendship?
(a) Derrida.
(b) Foucult.
(c) Moses.
(d) Kant.

15. What industry boomed in Taiwan in the early 1990s?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Semiconductor.
(c) Food.
(d) Appliance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hus's mom often make for potlucks with friends?

2. What motivated Hsu to start his zine at first?

3. Who did Hsu think Ken resembled?

4. What did pictures become evidence of when photography became ubiquitous, according to Hsu?

5. Why did Hsu think some Californians grew up with a sense of entitlement?

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