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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. Dick Weiss is the sports reporter for what publication?

2. Chip calls Stevie at what time in Chapter 16?

3. When Susan Carol calls the dean in Chapter 12, the dean tells Susan Carol to come by his house when?

4. In Chapter 12, Susan Carol is sitting next to a sportscaster who is interviewing whom as part of the interview panel?

5. In Chapter 19, Chip says his bad playing wasn't an attempt to throw the game but that he just couldn't concentrate until he saw what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads Susan Carol to believe Professor Whiting is speaking with Steve Jurgenson in Chapter 15?

2. What happens when Stevie, Susan Carol ,and Chip return to the Superdome in Chapter 15?

3. What do Stevie and Susan Carol learn about Dean Wojenski in Chapter 19?

4. What led Steve Jurgenson to follow Chip, Stevie and Susan Carol, according to his story in Chapter 18?

5. Who do Stevie, Chip, and Susan Carol find in the hotel room when they enter in Chapter 17? What do they learn?

6. What moral of the story is revealed in Coach Graber's discussion with his son in Chapter 19?

7. What does Susan Carol discover when she calls the dean's office in Chapter 11? Where is the dean located?

8. Why does Jerry Ventura believe the kids were in his room in Chapter 13?

9. Where does Chip agree to meet Steve Jurgenson in Chapter 16? Who does Susan Carol inform about their whereabouts?

10. Who ends up following Stevie, Chip, and Susan Carol in Chapter 14? How do they discover this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe, analyze and discuss the characters of Brill and Weiss in the novel. How do Stevie and Susan Carol feel about their assigned reporters? How seriously do Brill and Weiss take Stevie and Susan Carol when they are told about the conversation on the docks?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Jerry Ventura in the novel. Why does Ventura give the kids his room key? What does the key allow them to access? Also discuss the actions of Stevie and Susan Carol in Chapter 8. Is their dishonesty warranted?

Essay Topic 3

Describe, analyze and discuss Stevie and Susan Carol's impressions of the conversation overheard on the docks in Chapter 5. How does this information lend itself to both internal and external conflicts for the characters? What would you do if faced with this information?

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