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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. What did Ken often call Hsu as a nickname?
(a) Dude.
(b) Huascene.
(c) Blank Space.
(d) Mini-me.

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

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

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

5. What did Hsu refer to as the "unreachable horizon of modern life" in speaking about the work of Charles Taylor?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Authenticity.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hsu think some Californians grew up with a sense of entitlement?

2. Who did Hsu think Ken resembled?

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

4. In what dyamic are immigrants often discussed?

5. What did Ken try to pull Hsu and his friends into at one point?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Hsu live with during his sophomore year of college?

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

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

4. What does Hsu later realize Ken is doing when they talk about pop culture and Asian American characters on television and in movies?

5. How does Hsu describe the content of his zine?

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

7. What art form does Hsu often connect to people through?

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

9. Which "alternative" rock band does Hsu fall in love with in high school?

10. What does Hsu think there is an intimacy in doing with someone else in Part II?

(see the answer keys)

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