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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Hsu's father buy when he moved away?
(a) A boat.
(b) A new car.
(c) A plane.
(d) Two fax machines.

3. 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.

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

5. Where did Hsu grow up?
(a) California.
(b) New York.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Alabama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were Hsu's roommates early in college?

2. What did Hsu's mother once place an ad in the paper for?

3. What did Hsu think of Ken when he first met Ken?

4. What did Hsu find himself doing at the same time as his parents?

5. What had Hsu never touched before college?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Hsu live with during his sophomore year of college?

2. What philosopher influences Hsu's thinking on friendship in Part II?

3. What is Ken really disappointed a former girlfriend of his says to him, as he relates it to Hsu?

4. How does Hsu describe Ken's personality?

5. What does Ken ask Hsu to help him with early in their relationship?

6. What telos is baked into the immigrant experience, according to Hsu?

7. What does Hsu's family buy when his father moves to Taiwan and why?

8. Why does Hsu's father move back to Taiwan?

9. What does Hsu's mother once advertise as a service when he is a child?

10. What does Hsu say there is no such thing as spending too much time in in Part I?

(see the answer keys)

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