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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When does Dennis decide to take the direct route back to his apartment?
(a) Two weeks after his freshman year started.
(b) Never.
(c) After his talk with Dr. Rodriguez.
(d) In his sophomore year.

4. 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 thinks his classmates are full of hot air.
(c) He does not think it would be honest to do something like shorting out a machine.
(d) He is very excited.

5. What does Dr. Rodriguez say Dennis has had plenty of time to do?
(a) Gain study skills.
(b) Decide his major.
(c) Adjust.
(d) Learn college algebra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dennis' mother say about her husband's working?

2. What is Dennis' response when he is touched?

3. What does Dennis overhear his mother say she is worried about?

4. What does Dr. Rodriguez suggest Dennis consider?

5. What does Dennis stare at as he and the family are leaving the restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the result of Dennis' seeing his father's face everywhere?

2. Why can't Dennis play the video game at the convenience store?

3. What happens at the arcade one day when a feather floats down and then at a game-playing party?

4. What happens two weeks before Dennis graduates from high school and does Dennis respond?

5. How does Dennis Ouyang react to the first video game he sees?

6. How does Dennis let his parents know what he wants for Christmas?

7. Why do the angels go to Dr. Rodriguez's home, and who does Dr. Rodriguez think the angels are?

8. How does Dennis' father explain why Dennis receives a chemistry set for Christmas?

9. What astonishes Dennis when he is in the third grade?

10. What happens as Dennis is walking home from the game-playing party?

(see the answer keys)

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