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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dennis dream from the time after his first video game?
(a) In pixels.
(b) In color.
(c) In electronic bursts.
(d) In a surrealistic game style.

2. What is the topic of one of the notes Dennis' father leaves him?
(a) How to please one's parents.
(b) Why video games are unhealthy.
(c) How to housebreak a puppy.
(d) How to get into college.

3. How did Dennis' companion(s) react when he encountered his first video arcade game?
(a) Dennis' companion(s) got hooked on the game also.
(b) Dennis was alone.
(c) Dennis' companion(s) kept trying to get him away from the game.
(d) Dennis' companion(s) enjoyed watching him play but were uninterested.

4. What does Dennis stare at as he and the family are leaving the restaurant?
(a) A new girl in school who is coming in the restaurant with her family.
(b) The video arcade game.
(c) A older teen playing the arcade game.
(d) An elderly man engrossed in the arcade game.

5. What does Dennis learn about at school from his classmates?
(a) The way to slide a knife in the coin slot to get money for the game.
(b) The newest arcade games to come out.
(c) The way to short the electronics to get free games.
(d) The Nintendo Entertainment System.

6. What do the angels say Dennis will do?
(a) Invent the most popular video game of all time.
(b) Go to law school.
(c) Help his mother.
(d) Attend medical college.

7. How does Dennis think he could play video games as much as he wants?
(a) By convincing some of the boys with money that he could teach them how to play better.
(b) By working for his father every afternoon to earn money.
(c) By getting a Nintendo Entertainment System.
(d) By pilfering quarters from his mother's purse.

8. What is Dennis' response to his first video game encounter?
(a) Enchanted.
(b) Disinterest.
(c) Thought it'd be too difficult to play.
(d) Thought it was childish.

9. What is Hades?
(a) The name of the arcade where Dennis plays.
(b) A place of beauty and peace.
(c) Another name for hell.
(d) A freaky bar.

10. What does Dr. Rodriguez suggest Dennis consider?
(a) Get counseling at the counseling center.
(b) A couple years at a Junior College.
(c) Applying for an overseas program.
(d) Changing majors to something less strenuous.

11. What does Dennis say his teacher accidentally did when Dennis was in kindergarten?
(a) Tear up Dennis' drawing.
(b) Cause the whole school to lose power.
(c) Trip and break her wrist.
(d) Cut off her finger.

12. What does Dr. Rodriguez say Dennis has had plenty of time to do?
(a) Gain study skills.
(b) Learn college algebra.
(c) Adjust.
(d) Decide his major.

13. What champion was Dennis' friend at O'Dowd High School's Anime Club?
(a) Street Fighter II.
(b) Star Burst.
(c) Street Wars VI.
(d) Burn Runner II.

14. Why does Dennis not get an allowance?
(a) He does, but it is suspended for a year because of his grades.
(b) He does get an allowance.
(c) His family does not believe in them.
(d) His family is very poor.

15. What does Dennis say he is just about to do concerning his academics?
(a) Sign up for less classes.
(b) Change his major.
(c) Get some tutoring.
(d) Round a corner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Dennis with when he noticed his first arcade video game?

2. Where does Dennis find the game?

3. What grade is Dennis in when a convenience store installs a video game near his home?

4. By whom does Takeem say Dennis' brain seems to have been made?

5. What is the first arcade game Dennis Ouyang ever saw?

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