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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Rodriguez suggest Dennis consider?
(a) Get counseling at the counseling center.
(b) A couple years at a Junior College.
(c) Changing majors to something less strenuous.
(d) Applying for an overseas program.

2. What champion was Dennis' friend at O'Dowd High School's Anime Club?
(a) Star Burst.
(b) Street Fighter II.
(c) Street Wars VI.
(d) Burn Runner II.

3. What is Hades?
(a) The name of the arcade where Dennis plays.
(b) A place of beauty and peace.
(c) Another name for hell.
(d) A freaky bar.

4. What does Dennis do that makes his friend in the arcade say Dennis is being mean?
(a) Plays with his back to the video game.
(b) Puts his hands over his friend's eyes.
(c) Tilts the machine and lose the game.
(d) Knocks his friend's playing hand.

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

6. What happens two weeks after Dennis graduates high school?
(a) His grandfather dies.
(b) His father dies.
(c) His mother dies.
(d) His dog dies.

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

8. What does Dennis often do after school?
(a) Stays after for baseball practice.
(b) Takes care of his younger siblings.
(c) Stops by the convenience store.
(d) Runs errands for his father at his father's business.

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

10. How long does it eventually take Dennis to get to class?
(a) Several hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

11. Who does Dennis say he is happy to see?
(a) His pa's face.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) Takeem.
(d) His ma.

12. What does Dennis think about when he is with his family after first encountering his first video arcade game?
(a) His upcoming basketball tryouts.
(b) How to get his father to buy him one of the games.
(c) The game.
(d) His upcoming tennis tryouts.

13. What is the topic of one of the notes Dennis' father leaves him?
(a) How to get into college.
(b) Why video games are unhealthy.
(c) How to please one's parents.
(d) How to housebreak a puppy.

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

15. When does Dennis say all his problems started?
(a) During freshman orientation week.
(b) When his mother remarries.
(c) When he decided to change majors.
(d) When his father died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Rodriguez say is not a good fit for Dennis?

2. Where does Dennis find the game?

3. When does Dennis decide to take the direct route back to his apartment?

4. How much is Dennis' yearly tuition?

5. Why does Dennis' friend give Dennis a hard time?

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