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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 38 - 83).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Hsu's father move when he was a teenager?
(a) Taiwan.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Philadelphia.

2. Why did Hsu think some Californians grew up with a sense of entitlement?
(a) Because they are friendly.
(b) because they are farmers.
(c) Simply because they get to live in California.
(d) Because they are wealthy, usually.

3. What industry boomed in Taiwan in the early 1990s?
(a) Food.
(b) Semiconductor.
(c) Appliance.
(d) Clothing.

4. What motivated Hsu to start his zine at first?
(a) Getting free CDs.
(b) Getting free clohtes.
(c) Getting into college.
(d) Getting free food.

5. What did Hsu think people are certain of when they are young?
(a) Their talents.
(b) Their parents' love.
(c) Their own egos.
(d) Their ability to imagine themselves a way out of the previous generation's problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ken understand on an instinctive level?

2. What did Ken try to pull Hsu and his friends into at one point?

3. What city did Hsu mostly live in with his parents?

4. What did Hsu and his peers soon lose their relationship to in their sophomore year?

5. What did one of Ken's former girlfriends tell him that he thought was terrible, and he related to Hsu?

(see the answer key)

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