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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 the owner of the unit where Ken's killers lived say about the man involved?
(a) He had seemed suspicious.
(b) He had seemed disturbed.
(c) He had seemed sad.
(d) He had seemed nice.

2. What did Hsu do during the game with the mentees?
(a) He broke his arm.
(b) He left early.
(c) He played very hard, to the chagrin of many adults.
(d) He broke his leg.

3. What was Hsu trying to do with his writing after Ken's death?
(a) Help comfort Ken's family.
(b) Try to get closer to his father.
(c) Write himself back to the past.
(d) Write a memoir about grief.

4. Who worked with Ken at the same place?
(a) Helena.
(b) Hsu.
(c) Gwen.
(d) Sammi.

5. Who did Hsu tell about Ken once in his new tutoring program?
(a) Henry.
(b) Lefty.
(c) Eddy.
(d) Sean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hsu think all his classes in college taught?

2. Who was the lead singer of the Beach Boys?

3. What did Hsu write that friendship rests on in Part III?

4. Who went with the police to talk about Ken?

5. What words were on the program at Ken's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does friendship rest on the presumption of, according to Hsu?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who is David Cash Jr.?

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

(see the answer keys)

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