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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. Who did Hsu think Ken resembled?
(a) Richard Wingly.
(b) Michael Stipe.
(c) Brandon Lee.
(d) Henry Cho.

2. What did Ken often call Hsu as a nickname?
(a) Mini-me.
(b) Blank Space.
(c) Dude.
(d) Huascene.

3. What did Hsu's father like to collect?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Fabric.
(c) Records.
(d) Rocks.

4. What did Ken understand on an instinctive level?
(a) You learn how to manage money in college.
(b) You learn how to feed birds in college.
(c) You learn how to live with other people in college.
(d) You learn how to clean a house in college.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ken make that Hsu wonders how he knows to make?

2. What had Hsu never touched before college?

3. What did Hsu's mother spend a lot of time during the 1990s on?

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

5. What did Hsu say youth is a pursuit of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Hsu realize he and his parents are doing at the same time?

3. What do the first and second generations of immigrants think about, according to Hsu?

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

5. What habit do Ken and Hsu take up together?

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

7. What potentially dangerous thing do Hsu and his friends help Ken do in Part II?

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

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

10. How do Hsu's parents first meet?

(see the answer keys)

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