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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. Where did Hsu and Mira begin to tutor adults?

2. Who did Hsu and Ken cast in Part III in their project?

3. What did Hsu think Ken would have though was funny from Ken's own funeral program?

4. Which of his mentees did Hsu tell about Ken eventually?

5. What did Hsu write that friendship rests on in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hsu's father tell him in Part III that he and Hsu's mother came to America?

2. What does Hsu say all his college classes essentially taught?

3. What would Ken have found hilarious about his own funeral program?

4. What do Hsu and his friends do after leaving Ken's party?

5. What does Hsu think the more he hears about the circumstances of Ken's death?

6. What does Eddy give Hsu as a parting gift?

7. What does Hsu's thesis advisor in graduate school eventually tell Hsu?

8. What do Ken's parents give to Ken's friends?

9. How does Ken die?

10. What is the occasion for Ken's party on the night he dies?

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

How does Hsu characterize his and his parents' experiences as immigrants to America, especially when he is a young child and teenager? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Gwen's question to Hsu about the nature of his relationship with Ken shock and unsettle Hsu so much? What does the question make him reflect on? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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