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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hsu think of the movie Ken picked for them to watch at Ken's family home?
(a) He did not see all of it because he fell asleep.
(b) He did not like it.
(c) He loved it.
(d) He did not know what to think.

2. What song was particularly hard for Hsu to listen to following Ken's death?
(a) Heaven Can Tell.
(b) With or Without You.
(c) Love Hurts.
(d) God Only Knows.

3. What was Hsu trying to do with his writing after Ken's death?
(a) Write a memoir about grief.
(b) Write himself back to the past.
(c) Help comfort Ken's family.
(d) Try to get closer to his father.

4. Who recorded a news segment about Ken's death?
(a) Derrick.
(b) Gwen.
(c) Hsu.
(d) Henry.

5. Who went with the police to talk about Ken?
(a) Derrick and Hsu.
(b) Sammi and Derrick.
(c) Michael and Hsu.
(d) Hsu and Sammi.

6. How did Ken die?
(a) He had a heart attack.
(b) He was hit by a car.
(c) He was robbed and shot in the head.
(d) He was stabbed.

7. Where did Hsu and his friends go on a trip right before senior year started?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Europe.
(c) Russia.
(d) Taiwan.

8. What did Berkeley offer Ken's friends?
(a) Jobs.
(b) Counseling.
(c) Poems.
(d) Glasses.

9. When was Hsu's twenty-first birthday?
(a) Early August.
(b) Late June.
(c) Late July.
(d) Mid-September.

10. What did the owner of the unit where Ken's killers lived say about the man involved?
(a) He had seemed disturbed.
(b) He had seemed suspicious.
(c) He had seemed sad.
(d) He had seemed nice.

11. Which of his mentees did Hsu tell about Ken eventually?
(a) Robert.
(b) Henry.
(c) Michael.
(d) Jay.

12. What did Hsu often write to Ken about?
(a) His problems with his parents.
(b) Everyday things he was missing.
(c) His ambitions.
(d) His goldfish.

13. What happened when Hsu got jumped for his wallet?
(a) The attackers gave it back since there was so little in it.
(b) The attackers got hit by a car.
(c) The attackers got his sandwich.
(d) The attackers got hundreds of dollars.

14. What did Hsu think all his classes in college taught?
(a) Reading is essential to success.
(b) Another world was once possible.
(c) Finding your voice is hard.
(d) Everything is political.

15. Who did Hsu tell about Ken once in his new tutoring program?
(a) Sean.
(b) Eddy.
(c) Lefty.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did one of Hsu's students bring in his car that made Hsu angry?

2. What record store did Ken and Hsu go to together early in Part III?

3. What music did Hsu's father give him as he went into his senior year?

4. Which artist seemed to be on the radio all the time?

5. What script did Ken and Hsu work on during junior year?

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