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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 did Ken get Hsu for a housewarming gift?

2. Who recorded a news segment about Ken's death?

3. When did Sammi ask Hsu if he had heard from Ken?

4. What did Hsu think Ken would have though was funny from Ken's own funeral program?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Ken die?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Hsu think the more he hears about the circumstances of Ken's death?

9. What do Ken's parents give to Ken's friends?

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

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

Why does Hsu feel such prolonged and deep guilt following Ken's death? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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