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

2. Where did Hsu and Mira begin to tutor adults?
(a) Marshall Community Center.
(b) Richards Highlands.
(c) Kendrick Barston.
(d) San Quentin State Prison.

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

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

5. What did Hsu write that friendship rests on in Part III?
(a) Reciprocity.
(b) Money.
(c) Shared interests.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Hsu's twenty-first birthday?

2. What did Hsu ask Ken about at Ken's party?

3. What baseball team was in the World Series that Ken loved?

4. What did Hsu mostly want to get out of mentoring the kids in Richmond?

5. Where did Hsu volunteer as a mentor in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hsu write to Ken about after Ken's death?

2. What does Eddy give Hsu as a parting gift?

3. Who does Hsu confide in about his feelings about Ken's death during that summer?

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

5. What would Ken have found hilarious about his own funeral program?

6. Why does Hsu's father tell him in Part III that he and Hsu's mother came to America?

7. What does Ken get Hsu as a housewarming gift?

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

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

10. What do Hsu and his friends do after leaving Ken's party?

(see the answer keys)

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