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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 does Dennis tell Dr. Rodriguez Dennis needs to improve his academics?

2. What do the angels say Dennis will do?

3. What does Dennis do that makes his friend in the arcade say Dennis is being mean?

4. Why does Dennis like to see other kids playing the arcade game near his home?

5. What does Dennis learn about at school from his classmates?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dennis let his parents know what he wants for Christmas?

2. What does Dennis' mother want to do and what is his father's response?

3. How does Dennis Ouyang react to the first video game he sees?

4. What do the angels greet Dennis with the morning after seeing Dr. Rodriguez and what is his response?

5. What does Dennis begin doing with his time?

6. What happens at the arcade one day when a feather floats down and then at a game-playing party?

7. Why is Dennis on academic probation?

8. What happens as Dennis is walking home from the game-playing party?

9. What astonishes Dennis when he is in the third grade?

10. How does Dennis' father explain why Dennis receives a chemistry set for Christmas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think Level Up is? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

At first Dennis found everything perfect at med school. He met a diverse group of fellow classmates. A girl from India was fulfilling her family tradition by becoming a surgeon. She was satisfied with complying with her family's wishes that she follow in their footsteps. Kat was a more independent person. She thought Dennis should make his own decisions and not get caught up with what his parents wanted him to become. Hector was a former athlete and playboy who learned to become a more serious student after flunking out of Harvard and becoming involved in a car accident in which he was seriously injured.

1. Discuss, in depth, why Ipsha felt the need to become a surgeon to maintain her family tradition. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think Kat's attitude was healthier and more mature than Ipsha's? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Compare flunking out of Harvard with being in a car accident and discuss which event you think had more influence on Hector. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Level Up belongs to the graphic novel genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the graphic novel genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a writing by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a graphic novel and a regular novel, besides just having illustrations?

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