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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 Ken understand on an instinctive level?

2. What did Hsu desperately want to be the type of person to do?

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

4. What did Ken initially think he wanted to study?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hsu describe the content of his zine?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How do Hsu's parents first meet?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is The Last Dragon such an influential part of Ken's and Hsu's friendship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

When Hsu first starts college, what does it mean to him to "fit in," and what are some of the actions he takes around this goal? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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