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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 type of exam do the students have to do that Dennis does poorly?
2. What does Dennis' mother encourage him to do?
3. With whom does Hector have to live for a full year?
4. What do Dennis' friends think is wrong with Dennis?
5. What does Dennis' mother say about Dennis' father?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the reaction to Dennis' announcement?
2. What does Dennis' father explain about the visions?
3. What does Dennis' mother say about her health and Dennis' studies?
4. What does Dennis say to the angels about quitting medical school?
5. What happens when Dennis confronts the angel-ghosts?
6. What is Dennis mumbling about at the hospital and how do his friends react?
7. How do the four friends drift away from studying together?
8. Who are a couple people Dennis first meets upon starting medical school?
9. What happens when Dennis conducts a prostate exam on a patient?
10. What is wrong with Dennis' mother?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Gene Luen Yang.
2. What in Yang's background may have helped him in writing "Level Up"? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?
3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.
Essay Topic 2
Over the course of "Level Up", Dennis grows as a person in both complexity and understanding. Level Up might be considered a slice of Dennis' larger story of his "coming of age." It might be said that Level Up is a "bildungsroman" of Dennis Ouyang . Discuss the following:
1. Define Bildungsroman, or "Coming of Age," and give several examples from literature you have read.
2. Trace and analyze the character of Dennis as he changes from a more carefree, innocent boy to a wiser, young man. What are the significant events that change Dennis?
3. After thoroughly analyzing Dennis' growth throughout Level Up, do you think "Level Up" could be considered Dennis' Coming of Age story? Why or why not?
4. Are there any other characters in "Level Up" who go through a Coming of Age experience? Who? Why do you think so?
Essay Topic 3
Dennis Ouyang struggled between two cultures. As an Asian American, his father believed in a strong, almost punishing work ethic and eating "bitterness," to build character. By this phrase, his father meant that his children will grow to adulthood possessing a good character and work ethic if they are not spoiled as children. But Dennis was in America and most of his classmates were not Asian.
1. Do you think a strong work ethic builds character? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
2. Do you think Mr. Ouyang was too hard on Dennis? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. Do you think the way that Mr. Ouyang was raising Dennis was not typical of other, non-Asian Americans? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
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