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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 Dennis' mother say about Dennis' father?

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

4. What does Dennis have a hard time doing when he's confronting the angels?

5. What is Dennis determined to do concerning talking to the angels?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is wrong with Dennis' mother?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happens to Kat when she is ten years old?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Dennis was in grief during his early college years. He deflected his pain by playing video games non-stop. Instead of honoring his father by doing well in school as his father would have liked, he did just the opposite. He did so poorly in school that he was kicked out in his junior year. He felt remorseful but still felt lost. He didn't know where to turn to and his confusion and guilt manifested in his imagining that angels from heaven had come to rescue him.

1. Discuss why concentrating on video games could help Dennis with his guilt. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think it was Dennis's responsibility to live the kind of life his father wants him to live? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Do you think enough guilt can make a person imagine events or people who are not real? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Characters are an important part of what makes "Level Up" interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Dennis. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Ipsha. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Dennis' father. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

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