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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Hsu live with in his sophomore year of college?
(a) Richard.
(b) Faroh.
(c) Rob.
(d) Anthony.

2. What campus in California did Hsu think of as being in a bubble?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Dalesville.
(c) UC Harvord.
(d) UC Davis.

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

4. What did Ken initially think he wanted to study?
(a) Literature.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Politics.
(d) Architecture.

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

6. What did Hsu's father always ask him after he moved away in their correspondence?
(a) What color the river was.
(b) How his mother was.
(c) How much money he was making.
(d) What he thought of everything.

7. What did Hsu's mother's father write on a chalboard every day?
(a) A new word in English.
(b) A recipe.
(c) A poem.
(d) A drawing.

8. What city did Hsu mostly live in with his parents?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Cupertino.
(d) Farmingham.

9. What did Hsu's father ask him what he thought the meaning of was late in Part I?
(a) Mourning.
(b) Fun.
(c) Dysfunction.
(d) Lightness.

10. In what dyamic are immigrants often discussed?
(a) Tensile.
(b) Febrile.
(c) Push-and-pull.
(d) Liminal.

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

12. Which philosopher's ideas influenced Hsu's thinking about friendship?
(a) Kant.
(b) Moses.
(c) Derrida.
(d) Foucult.

13. What was Ken part of that Hsu sometimes looked down his nose at?
(a) A magician's club.
(b) A music club.
(c) A fraternity.
(d) A freemason's group.

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

15. What did Hsu's father like to collect?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Fabric.
(c) Records.
(d) Paintings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hsu go to college?

2. How did Hsu's father refer to his zine?

3. How did Hsu begin identifying himself in college?

4. What did Hsu find himself doing at the same time as his parents?

5. What was a drag to Hsu and his friends in college?

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