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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dennis find the game?

2. How does Dennis dream from the time after his first video game?

3. What does Dennis do as he is moving the joystick on the arcade game even though he has no money?

4. What does Dennis tell Dr. Rodriguez Dennis needs to improve his academics?

5. What touches Dennis one day as he is playing at the arcade?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Dennis learn in a meeting with Dr. Rodriguez in Dennis' junior year?

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

6. How does Dennis respond to the angels' proclamation?

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

8. How does Dr. Rodriguez respond to the angels' request and what makes her change her mind?

9. What occupies Dennis' mind while they are in the restaurant?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At first Dennis found everything perfect at med school. He met a diverse group of fellow classmates. A girl from India was fulfilling her family tradition by becoming a surgeon. She was satisfied with complying with her family's wishes that she follow in their footsteps. Kat was a more independent person. She thought Dennis should make his own decisions and not get caught up with what his parents wanted him to become. Hector was a former athlete and playboy who learned to become a more serious student after flunking out of Harvard and becoming involved in a car accident in which he was seriously injured.

1. Discuss, in depth, why Ipsha felt the need to become a surgeon to maintain her family tradition. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think Kat's attitude was healthier and more mature than Ipsha's? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Compare flunking out of Harvard with being in a car accident and discuss which event you think had more influence on Hector. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Level Up, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in Level Up. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

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