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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thomas Whiting teaches at what university in the novel?
(a) USC.
(b) MSU.
(c) Duke.
(d) Boise State.

2. The other winner of the student reporter essay contest, aside from Stevie, is named what?
(a) Stuart Feeley.
(b) Susan Carol Anderson.
(c) Thomas Whiting.
(d) Dick Vitale.

3. 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) Simile.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Irony.
(d) Rhetoric.

4. Weiss explains that the higher level seat tickets are selling for how much in Chapter 3?
(a) $1,500.
(b) $500.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $300.

5. What is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible object to represent a less tangible object or some intangible quality or idea?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Narrative.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. The essay winners and their parents have an opportunity to meet a famous sports writer from what publication in Chapter 2?

2. Stevie and Susan Carol get introduced to what big ESPN newscaster in the end of Chapter 3?

3. Weiss explains that the lower seat tickets are selling for how much in Chapter 3?

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

5. In Chapter 3, Stevie and Susan Carol have to pose with what for pictures?

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