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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 band did Ken like that Hsu really hated?

2. Who was the Berkeley student who witnessed his friend assaulting a child, who was later murdered by that friend?

3. What did Ken get Hsu for a housewarming gift?

4. What did Hsu do during the game with the mentees?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Ken and Hsu do when Hsu visits Ken at his family home?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Hsu thinks he ends up giving Ken's eulogy?

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

10. How does Ken die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Hsu characterize his and his parents' experiences as immigrants to America, especially when he is a young child and teenager? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Hsu volunteer to teach some of the inmates at San Quentin Prison, and what does he learn from this experience? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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