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

2. When did Kurt Cobain die?
(a) May 2000.
(b) January 1998.
(c) April 1994.
(d) March 2009.

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

4. What did Hsu spend a lot of time doing his first few weeks at college?
(a) Going to parties.
(b) Volunteering.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Swimming.

5. Where did Hsu's father move when he was a teenager?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Taiwan.
(d) Philadelphia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hsu think people are certain of when they are young?

2. Which band did Hsu particularly like in high school?

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

4. What did Hsu's father help him with after he moved away?

5. Which philosopher's ideas influenced Hsu's thinking about friendship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the title of this memoir come from?

2. What does Ken as the "Real World" producer?

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

4. What does Hsu's father help him with from Taiwan?

5. How does Hsu describe Ken's personality?

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

7. What is Hsu's first impression of Ken?

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

9. Which "alternative" rock band does Hsu fall in love with in high school?

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

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