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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 is another promise Dennis sees his father make?

2. What is blown into Dennis' room along with Dennis?

3. What happens when Hector gets drunk one night?

4. What do the angels do when Dennis tells them he quit medical school?

5. When are the students to bring in the samples?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kat say about Dennis' belief in his destiny to become a Gastroenterologist, and what does Dennis think about her words?

2. What is another vision Dennis has when he eats the rest of the ghosts?

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

4. What happens when Dennis bites the orange ghost?

5. How does Dennis end up in the hospital?

6. What does Dennis decide and what does he not look forward to doing?

7. What happens when Dennis conducts a prostate exam on a patient?

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

9. How does Dennis escape his room and what do the angels do?

10. What is wrong with Dennis' mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Level Up".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "Level Up". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "Level Up". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 2

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think Level Up is? Explain your response.

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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