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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What film did Chris Marker make that Hsu loved?
2. What motivated Hsu to start his zine at first?
3. What felt intrusive to everyday life when Hsu was in college?
4. What did Hsu think of Ken when he first met Ken?
5. What did Hsu's mother once place an ad in the paper for?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does the title of this memoir come from?
2. Who does Hsu live with during his sophomore year of college?
3. What does Hsu say there is no such thing as spending too much time in in Part I?
4. What does Ken ask Hsu to help him with early in their relationship?
5. What is Hsu's first impression of Ken?
6. What does Hsu later realize Ken is doing when they talk about pop culture and Asian American characters on television and in movies?
7. How do Hsu's parents first meet?
8. What potentially dangerous thing do Hsu and his friends help Ken do in Part II?
9. Why does Hsu's father move back to Taiwan?
10. What does Hsu think there is an intimacy in doing with someone else in Part II?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are Derrida's main points about friendship and how does Hsu interpret and relate to them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
How does Hsu's father's move to Taiwan when Hsu is still in adolescence affect their relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Gwen's question to Hsu about the nature of his relationship with Ken shock and unsettle Hsu so much? What does the question make him reflect on? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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