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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. What does Dr. Rodriguez say the university has done too many times?
2. How does Dennis get his mother to let him off the phone?
3. What does Dennis wonder if it is a stage of grieving?
4. How long does it eventually take Dennis to get to class?
5. What does Dennis say his teacher accidentally did when Dennis was in kindergarten?
Short Essay Questions
1. What astonishes Dennis when he is in the third grade?
2. What happens at the arcade one day when a feather floats down and then at a game-playing party?
3. Who are these beings that appear to Dennis and what do they want?
4. What does Dennis' mother want to do and what is his father's response?
5. Why can't Dennis play the video game at the convenience store?
6. Why is Dennis on academic probation?
7. How does Dennis' father explain why Dennis receives a chemistry set for Christmas?
8. What is the result of Dennis' seeing his father's face everywhere?
9. How does Dr. Rodriguez respond to the angels' request and what makes her change her mind?
10. How does Dennis Ouyang react to the first video game he sees?
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
Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast the characters of Dennis and Hector. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.
2. Compare/contrast the characters of Dennis and his father. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?
3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in "Level Up" help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.
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