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

2. Where is one place Dennis leaves hints about what he wants?
(a) His dog's collar.
(b) On the bathroom mirror.
(c) His dad's coffee cup.
(d) On the windshield of the car.

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

4. What does Dennis say his teacher accidentally did when Dennis was in kindergarten?
(a) Trip and break her wrist.
(b) Cut off her finger.
(c) Cause the whole school to lose power.
(d) Tear up Dennis' drawing.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Dennis wonder if it is a stage of grieving?

3. Because of what does Dennis have to face consequences?

4. Where does Dennis find the game?

5. What does Dennis' mother suggest to her husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Dennis think about concerning how his downfall at the university begins?

5. Why is Dennis on academic probation?

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

7. Who are these beings that appear to Dennis and what do they want?

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

9. What does Dennis' mother want to do and what is his father's response?

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

(see the answer keys)

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