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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 band did Ken like that Hsu really hated?
(a) The Rolling Stones.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) U2.
(d) Dave Matthews Band.

2. 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 focusing on a movie.
(c) A way of rewriting history.
(d) A way of keeping the story straight.

3. Where did Hsu's parents first meet?
(a) University of Texas.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) University of Illinois.
(d) Ringeld University.

4. What film did Chris Marker make that Hsu loved?
(a) The Rostrar.
(b) The Bicycle Thief.
(c) Breathless.
(d) La Jetee.

5. What did Ken's father do?
(a) Landscape.
(b) He was an engineer.
(c) Sell insurance.
(d) Cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lefty ask Hsu about when they first met?

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

3. What industry boomed in Taiwan in the early 1990s?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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