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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 122 - 167).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did writing offer to Hsu in the months after Ken's death?
(a) A way of living outside the present.
(b) A way of keeping the story straight.
(c) A way of rewriting history.
(d) A way of focusing on a movie.

2. What did Ken get Hsu for a housewarming gift?
(a) A farming manual.
(b) A fan.
(c) A record player.
(d) A modernist clock with no numbers.

3. What did Hsu write in his journal that it was weird to do without Ken?
(a) Sing.
(b) Work.
(c) Grow up.
(d) Dance.

4. What did Hsu begin to think he could have done that would have changed the outcome the night of Ken's murder?
(a) Gone to the church.
(b) Gone to the taco restaurant.
(c) Called his mother.
(d) Gone back to Ken's party.

5. Where did Hsu and Mira begin to tutor adults?
(a) Kendrick Barston.
(b) San Quentin State Prison.
(c) Marshall Community Center.
(d) Richards Highlands.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Hsu feel right after giving Ken's eulogy?

3. What movie did Ken and Hsu watch together when Hsu visited Ken at home?

4. What had Hsu never touched before college?

5. How did Hsu begin sorting his classmates in his own mind?

(see the answer key)

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