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

2. What sports team did Ken love?
(a) The San Diego Chargers.
(b) The Oakland A's.
(c) The Farmington Bears.
(d) The Boston Red Sox.

3. What did Hsu write in his journal that it was weird to do without Ken?
(a) Work.
(b) Sing.
(c) Grow up.
(d) Dance.

4. What did Hsu feel as the summer before his senior year ended?
(a) Relief.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Suspicion.
(d) Fear.

5. Where did Hsu go after Ken's party?
(a) A big rave-like event.
(b) To a record shop.
(c) Home.
(d) To the East Coast.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Hsu begin to think he could have done that would have changed the outcome the night of Ken's murder?

3. Which of his mentees did Hsu tell about Ken eventually?

4. Who was Hsu's roommate during junior year?

5. What did Ken ask Hsu to do the following day with him and a co-worker as Hsu left his party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Ken and Hsu do when Hsu visits Ken at his family home?

2. What does Hsu stop doing right after Ken dies?

3. How does Hsu's father often communicate big ideas to him?

4. What does Hsu say all his college classes essentially taught?

5. What does Hsu's thesis advisor in graduate school eventually tell Hsu?

6. What does "The Last Dragon" inspire Ken and Hsu to work on together?

7. What is the overriding feeling Hsu experiences after Ken's death?

8. Who is David Cash Jr.?

9. Who replaces Anthony as Hsu's roommate in junior year?

10. Who is Hsu interested in romantically in Part III?

(see the answer keys)

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