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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is a sharp incongruity or discordance that goes beyond the simple and evident intention of words or actions?
(a) Rhetoric.
(b) Irony.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Simile.

2. What team is the other winner of the student reporter essay contest aside from Stevie a fan of?
(a) USC.
(b) LSU.
(c) Duke University.
(d) MSU.

3. When Stevie is waiting to check in at the hotel in Chapter 1, he is in line behind what famous sports reporter?
(a) Tony Kornheiser.
(b) Dick Weiss.
(c) Bobby Kelleher.
(d) Mr. Thomas.

4. Stevie wants to include the number of references to student athletes, so he asks who to keep track of the number of references for him in Chapter 5?
(a) Thomas Whiting.
(b) Tony Kornheiser.
(c) Dick Weiss.
(d) Bobby Kelleher.

5. The sporting event Stevie has the opportunity to cover as a student reporter takes place at what arena?
(a) Wrigley Field.
(b) Madison Square Garden.
(c) The Superdome.
(d) Rogers Arena.

Short Answer Questions

1. Stevie and Susan Carol overhear the guy in the gray suit and someone else talking about throwing what game in Chapter 5?

2. What is the name of the head coach of Duke in the novel?

3. Dick Weiss tells Stevie and Susan Carol that it's in the moderator handbook to refer to the basketball players as what in Chapter 4?

4. As the winner of an essay contest, Stevie has the opportunity to cover what sports event as a student reporter?

5. What is Stevie's last name in the novel?

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