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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The coaches are being interviewed by the reporters from what news organization in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) CBS.
(b) FOX.
(c) ABC.
(d) NBC.

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

3. Stevie and Susan Carol overhear the guy in the gray suit and someone else talking about throwing what game in Chapter 5?
(a) Wednesday's game.
(b) Sunday's game.
(c) Thursday's game.
(d) Monday's game.

4. What team is practicing on the court when Stevie and Susan Carol arrive in Chapter 3?
(a) Notre Dame.
(b) Duke.
(c) Texas A&M.
(d) MSU.

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) Oxymoron.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Narrative.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 5, Stevie starts to get antsy as they sit through what?

4. When they try to pick up their media credentials, Stevie is given a hard time because he does not have what?

5. Where does Stevie live with his family in the novel?

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