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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. As they approach the locker room, Susan Carol gets Stevie in by producing the letter stating they are what in Chapter 5?

2. Stevie wants to write about one of the players from what team but is deterred from doing so in Chapter 4?

3. Stevie and Susan Carol part for dinner and plan to meet the next morning at what time in Chapter 7?

4. Who explains to Stevie who each of the players are and the other members who work for the team in Chapter 4?

5. Stevie and Susan Carol go down to the front desk to get what in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the awards breakfast described in Chapter 3? What does Dick Weiss tell the kids about their assignment?

2. Who do Stevie and Susan Carol meet at the award ceremony in Chapter 2?

3. What is Chip's response after Stevie and Susan Carol relate their story to him in Chapter 10?

4. Who is Dick Weiss? How is he described in Chapter 3?

5. Who do Susan Carol and Stevie reveal the blackmailing plot to in Chapter 7? What is the response?

6. How do Stevie and Susan Carol gain access to the floor with the players' rooms in Chapter 8?

7. What does the award letter Stevie receives in Chapter 1 give him permission to attend? Where is Stevie going?

8. What is ironic about the person Stevie and Susan Carol discover to be the blackmailer in Chapter 6?

9. Where does Stevie go for a walk in Chapter 5? Who accompanies him?

10. Where do Stevie and Susan Carol find the players' room numbers in Chapter 9? What do they do next?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define, identify, and analyze exposition and rising action in a literary narrative and in this particular novel. How does the author transition the narrative from exposition to suspense? How traditional is this plot structure? What does the author reveal through exposition in the first chapters? How does this effectively set up the plot and characters?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the blackmailing plot and Chip Graber's involvement. Why did Chip decide not to go to his father when Professor Whiting told him about his transcript? What would you have done under the circumstances? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe, analyze, and discuss the character of Professor Thomas Whiting in the narrative. Why do Stevie and Susan Carol believe that Whiting is involved in the blackmailing plot? At what university does Whiting work? What does Professor Whiting reveal to Stevie and Susan Carol when they first speak with him?

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