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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 Dr. Rodriguez say will not help Dennis' case?
2. What does Dennis delay because he is looking at the video game?
3. How long does it eventually take Dennis to get to class?
4. What champion was Dennis' friend at O'Dowd High School's Anime Club?
5. How did Dennis' companion(s) react when he encountered his first video arcade game?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens at the arcade one day when a feather floats down and then at a game-playing party?
2. How does Dennis respond to the angels' proclamation?
3. How does Dennis Ouyang react to the first video game he sees?
4. Why do the angels go to Dr. Rodriguez's home, and who does Dr. Rodriguez think the angels are?
5. Why is Dennis on academic probation?
6. What does Dennis begin doing with his time?
7. How does Dennis' father explain why Dennis receives a chemistry set for Christmas?
8. Why can't Dennis play the video game at the convenience store?
9. What does Dennis learn in a meeting with Dr. Rodriguez in Dennis' junior year?
10. How are Dennis' dreams changed from the night after seeing the video game?
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
Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Gene Luen Yang.
2. What in Yang's background may have helped him in writing "Level Up"? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?
3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.
Essay Topic 3
Dennis Ouyang struggled between two cultures. As an Asian American, his father believed in a strong, almost punishing work ethic and eating "bitterness," to build character. By this phrase, his father meant that his children will grow to adulthood possessing a good character and work ethic if they are not spoiled as children. But Dennis was in America and most of his classmates were not Asian.
1. Do you think a strong work ethic builds character? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
2. Do you think Mr. Ouyang was too hard on Dennis? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. Do you think the way that Mr. Ouyang was raising Dennis was not typical of other, non-Asian Americans? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
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