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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hsu argue you make a world out of as a college student?

2. Where does Hsu go to college?

3. What did Hsu's parents do for their honeymoon?

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

5. How does time move when you are young, according to Hsu?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How do Hsu's parents first meet?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Hsu make of the protest movements on campus at Berkeley, including and particularly those that deal with racial inequality? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Hsu describe his early romantic relationships with women throughout the memoir? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Hsu's father's move to Taiwan when Hsu is still in adolescence affect their relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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