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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hus's mom often make for potlucks with friends?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Salad.
(c) Chicken wings.
(d) Meatballs.

2. What does the first generation of immigrants often think about?
(a) Religion.
(b) Survival.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Food.

3. What kind of car did Hsu have?
(a) Hyundai.
(b) Volvo.
(c) Corvette.
(d) Chevy.

4. How did Hsu begin sorting his classmates in his own mind?
(a) By their furniture.
(b) By their food preferences.
(c) By their musical sensibilities.
(d) By athletic ability.

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

6. Where did Ken and Hsu often study together?
(a) Hsu's house.
(b) The car.
(c) Cafes and the library.
(d) Ken's house.

7. Where did Hsu spent a lot of time as a teenager?
(a) On the hiking trail.
(b) In his car.
(c) Doing his landscaping job.
(d) In pools.

8. When did Kurt Cobain die?
(a) March 2009.
(b) May 2000.
(c) April 1994.
(d) January 1998.

9. What did Hsu argue you make a world out of as a college student?
(a) Your friends.
(b) The things you buy.
(c) Your family.
(d) Your books.

10. What did Hsu think his parents craved?
(a) More money.
(b) New food.
(c) Routine stability.
(d) Religious freedom.

11. What city did Hsu think was "lame"?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Strysdale.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Boston.

12. What felt intrusive to everyday life when Hsu was in college?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Cameras.
(c) Windows.
(d) Books.

13. Where was Ken's hometown?
(a) El Cajon.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Farington.
(d) Richardstown.

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

15. Where does Hsu's father first go to college in America?
(a) Amherst.
(b) University of Pennsylvania.
(c) Yale.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hsu's father help him with after he moved away?

2. What did Hsu and his friends sometimes seek in their first year of college?

3. What did Ken initially think he wanted to study?

4. Which show's producer came to campus one semester?

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

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