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Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dennis' mother suggest to her husband?
(a) They get the Nintendo for his birthday.
(b) They take him to the science museum so he'll feel enthusiastic about the chemistry set.
(c) They let him visit his grandparents for a few days.
(d) They ask Dennis to make something with the chemistry set.

3. What does Dennis do as he is moving the joystick on the arcade game even though he has no money?
(a) Swears he will own the machine someday.
(b) Challenges other boys in the hopes they will pay for a game for him.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Makes sound effects.

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

5. Why does Dennis like to see other kids playing the arcade game near his home?
(a) So he could challenge them.
(b) So he could learn their techniques.
(c) So he could watch.
(d) He did not like to see his game being used by others.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is one place Dennis leaves hints about what he wants?

2. For what does Dennis' mother think money should not be used?

3. Where does Dennis find the game?

4. What happens two weeks after Dennis graduates high school?

5. Why does Dennis start dropping hints about what he wants?

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