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

2. What did Ben, Ken, and Sean often do in Hsu's car?
(a) Eat.
(b) Sing.
(c) Make phone calls.
(d) Fall asleep.

3. What Pearl Jam single was Ken looking for in Part III?
(a) Rose.
(b) Fingal.
(c) Under Pressure.
(d) Jeremy.

4. What game did Hsu play with his mentors?
(a) Pickleball.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Badminton.
(d) Softball.

5. What was the era of martial law called in Taiwan?
(a) The Lindy Years.
(b) The Purge.
(c) The Fardringham.
(d) The White Terror.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did it get harder for Hsu to do with his friends as time went on after Ken's death?

2. What band did Ken like that Hsu really hated?

3. What did Hsu write in his journal that it was weird to do without Ken?

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

5. Which of Hsu's frat brothers had called the police?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is David Cash Jr.?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Ken die?

9. What is one of Hsu's favorite songs early in college?

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

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