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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 each student have to collect for microbiology class?

2. What does Kat suggest Dennis grow?

3. What does Dennis think of doing to the angels?

4. What does Dennis think is his destiny?

5. What does Dennis do when he gets home that night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the four friends drift away from studying together?

2. How does Dennis become closer to his friends and what is Ipsha's reaction to Kat?

3. What assignment does Dennis receive in microbiology class?

4. Who are a couple people Dennis first meets upon starting medical school?

5. Why does Ipsha leave the classroom in tears and what does she tell Dennis about a person's family's expectations?

6. What are some confused thoughts Dennis is having about his life?

7. What happens when Dennis confronts the angel-ghosts?

8. How does Dennis end up in the hospital?

9. What does Dennis' mother say about her health and Dennis' studies?

10. What does Dennis' father explain about the visions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think "Level Up" is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "Level Up". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Trace and analyze the theme of freedom in "Level Up". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess freedom? Which ones want more freedom? Why? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Trace and analyze the theme of guilt in "Level Up". Consider the guilt of both Dennis and his father. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

There are a number of interesting questions raised by "Level Up". Questions that Yang most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Yang' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Yang' probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

4. Research the life of Yang and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.

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