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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often is Dennis supposed to call his ma?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Once a day.
(c) Every other week.
(d) When he feels like it.

2. What touches Dennis one day as he is playing at the arcade?
(a) A feather.
(b) A young boy.
(c) A scorching breeze.
(d) A cold breeze.

3. What does Dennis buy even though he is grieving?
(a) A corsage for his prom date.
(b) Another dog.
(c) A game system.
(d) A train ticket to go to his college.

4. How does Dennis get his mother to let him off the phone?
(a) He says he is sick.
(b) He says a friend is there to write a paper with him.
(c) He cusses.
(d) He tells her he has a big test in the morning.

5. When does Dennis say all his problems started?
(a) When his father died.
(b) During freshman orientation week.
(c) When he decided to change majors.
(d) When his mother remarries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dennis' friend call Dennis?

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

3. For what does Dennis' mother think money should not be used?

4. What does Dennis stare at as he and the family are leaving the restaurant?

5. What does Dennis delay because he is looking at the video game?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can't Dennis play the video game at the convenience store?

2. What does Dennis begin doing with his time?

3. How are Dennis' dreams changed from the night after seeing the video game?

4. What does Dennis do while at the store if no one is playing the video game?

5. What does Dennis' mother want to do and what is his father's response?

6. What happens two weeks before Dennis graduates from high school and does Dennis respond?

7. Where and what is the first video game Dennis Ouyang ever saw?

8. What does Dennis learn from classmates that excites him and why is he excited?

9. Why is Dennis on academic probation?

10. How does Dennis Ouyang react to the first video game he sees?

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