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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hsu wrote that there are many different types of which of the following in friendship?
(a) Collages.
(b) Vulnerabilities.
(c) Currencies.
(d) Placations.

2. Who were Hsu's roommates early in college?
(a) Paraag and Dave.
(b) Dave and Wendy.
(c) Wendy and Paraag.
(d) Paraag and Rob.

3. How did Hsu's father refer to his zine?
(a) As his stone.
(b) As his publications.
(c) As his thesis.
(d) As his pet project.

4. What was Hsu searching for in the end of Part I?
(a) His people.
(b) His freedom.
(c) His heritage.
(d) His calling.

5. Which flea market did Hsu sometimes like to frequent?
(a) Ashby.
(b) Marway.
(c) Ringold.
(d) Feathering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hsu refer to as the "unreachable horizon of modern life" in speaking about the work of Charles Taylor?

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

3. Who did Hsu live with in his sophomore year of college?

4. What did Ken understand on an instinctive level?

5. What was Ken part of that Hsu sometimes looked down his nose at?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the title of this memoir come from?

2. What does Hsu's mother once advertise as a service when he is a child?

3. What does Hsu say there is no such thing as spending too much time in in Part I?

4. What does Hsu's family buy when his father moves to Taiwan and why?

5. What philosopher influences Hsu's thinking on friendship in Part II?

6. What is Hsu's first impression of Ken?

7. What does Ken as the "Real World" producer?

8. What do the first and second generations of immigrants think about, according to Hsu?

9. What potentially dangerous thing do Hsu and his friends help Ken do in Part II?

10. Why does Hsu's father move back to Taiwan?

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