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

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) Play the video game at the store.
(d) Reach the controls on the video game.

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

3. Why is Dennis excited on the morning when he goes to open his presents?
(a) His grandparents have suddenly arrived with a square package.
(b) He can hear scratching in a box and thinks it's the puppy he asked for.
(c) His wealthy uncle has suddenly arrived with a square package.
(d) There is a square package that he thinks is a Nintendo.

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

5. What does Dennis wonder if it is a stage of grieving?
(a) Eating lots of junk food.
(b) Going nuts.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Drinking beer.

6. Where does Dennis go after hanging up with his ma?
(a) A Korean restaurant.
(b) The library.
(c) The arcade.
(d) A bar.

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

8. What does Dennis tell Dr. Rodriguez Dennis needs to improve his academics?
(a) More time to adjust.
(b) Easier classes.
(c) A better living situation.
(d) Less of an academic load

9. What does Dennis say the face on the statue in front of the church becomes?
(a) His mother's face.
(b) The face of Pacman.
(c) His father's face.
(d) The face of an alien.

10. 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 Nintendo Entertainment System.
(c) The way to short the electronics to get free games.
(d) The newest arcade games to come out.

11. What does Dennis reluctantly do?
(a) Tries out for the tennis team.
(b) Opens his chemistry set.
(c) Take his new puppy to obedience class.
(d) Signs up for two advanced-level academic classes.

12. What does Dennis say to his ma about his studies after he talks to Dr. Rodriguez?
(a) He has all "D's".
(b) They are terrible.
(c) He made the Dean's list.
(d) They are going well.

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

14. What is Dennis' response when he is touched?
(a) He tells the boy to leave him alone.
(b) He tells the boy to run out of the place as quickly as possilbe.
(c) He breaks out in a sweat.
(d) He could tell there was something weird about being touched.

15. What does Dennis delay because he is looking at the video game?
(a) Doing his homework.
(b) A game of tennis.
(c) Eating.
(d) Going to sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dennis want to do after being touched?

2. How much is Dennis' yearly tuition?

3. What does Dr. Rodriguez say the university has done too many times?

4. What does Dennis dream after his first encounter with a video arcade game?

5. What do the angels say Dennis will do?

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