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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. Chip Garber is the star player of what team in the novel?
(a) USC.
(b) MSU.
(c) Syracuse.
(d) Duke University.
2. Stevie and Susan Carol part for dinner and plan to meet the next morning at what time in Chapter 7?
(a) 6:00 a.m.
(b) 10:15 a.m.
(c) 11:45 a.m.
(d) 8:30 a.m.
3. During what part of narrative plot is the basic internal conflict complicated by the introduction of related secondary conflicts and various obstacles?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Denouement.
(c) Rising Action.
(d) Climax.
4. In Chapter 1, Stevie receives a letter that he is the winner of an essay contest from what organization?
(a) The North American Writers Union.
(b) The U.S. Basketball Writers Association.
(c) Sports Illustrated.
(d) The International Association of Sports Writers.
5. Chip says he'll tell Stevie and Susan Carol his story as long as it's what in Chapter 10?
(a) Not followed by questions.
(b) Off the record.
(c) With his lawyer present.
(d) At a press conference.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Chip's father called in the novel?
2. Who explains to Stevie who each of the players are and the other members who work for the team in Chapter 4?
3. Who accompanies Stevie on the trip when he leaves to cover a sporting event in Chapter 1?
4. As the winner of an essay contest, Stevie has the opportunity to cover what sports event as a student reporter?
5. Stevie and Susan Carol overhear the guy in the gray suit and someone else talking about throwing a game so that who wins in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Stevie and Susan Carol gain access to Chip Graber's room in Chapter 9?
2. What parts of the mystery are Susan Carol and Stevie still missing in Chapter 7? Who do they decide to talk with?
3. What does Dick Weiss teach Stevie in Chapter 3? What does Stevie learn about the process of journalism?
4. Where do Stevie and Susan Carol find the players' room numbers in Chapter 9? What do they do next?
5. What plan do Stevie and Susan Carol develop to identify the blackmailer in Chapter 6?
6. What is foreshadowed when Stevie and his father check into the hotel in Chapter 1?
7. Who do Stevie and Susan Carol meet at the award ceremony in Chapter 2?
8. Where does Stevie go for a walk in Chapter 5? Who accompanies him?
9. Why does Stevie dismiss the compliment he receives on his story in Chapter 7?
10. What is foreshadowed upon Stevie's meeting Susan Carol in Chapter 2? What does Dick Weiss suggest Stevie read?
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