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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Press Start to Begin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dennis learn about at school from his classmates?
(a) The newest arcade games to come out.
(b) The way to slide a knife in the coin slot to get money for the game.
(c) The way to short the electronics to get free games.
(d) The Nintendo Entertainment System.

2. What does Dennis dream after his first encounter with a video arcade game?
(a) He dreams of a pac-man eating him starting at his toes.
(b) He dreams in pixels.
(c) He dreams of a huge worm swallowing him.
(d) He dreams of flying away in one of the space ships.

3. How does Dennis receive this news he learns from his classmates?
(a) He can hardly wait to play some of the new games coming out.
(b) He does not think it would be honest to do something like shorting out a machine.
(c) He is very excited.
(d) He thinks his classmates are full of hot air.

4. How did Dennis' companion(s) react when he encountered his first video arcade game?
(a) Dennis was alone.
(b) Dennis' companion(s) kept trying to get him away from the game.
(c) Dennis' companion(s) got hooked on the game also.
(d) Dennis' companion(s) enjoyed watching him play but were uninterested.

5. What can Dennis not do at this point?
(a) Reach the controls on the video game.
(b) Play the video game at the store.
(c) Beat some of the older boys in the video game.
(d) Get his father to play the video game with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Dennis excited on the morning when he goes to open his presents?

2. How does Dennis dream from the time after his first video game?

3. Why does Dennis not get an allowance?

4. What does Dennis envision as the waiter takes the family's orders when they are eating out?

5. What is the first arcade game Dennis Ouyang ever saw?

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