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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 - 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Stevie?
(a) 18.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

2. Susan Carol convinces Chip to allow her to send an email to whom before they go meet Jurgenson in Chapter 16?
(a) Bobby Kelleher.
(b) Dean Wojenski.
(c) Tony Kornheiser.
(d) Reverend Anderson.

3. Who taps Stevie on the shoulder and tells Stevie they need to have a talk at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) Dick Weiss.
(b) Thomas Whiting.
(c) Jerry Ventura.
(d) Chip Graber.

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

5. Where does Steve Jurgenson drive Susan Carol and Stevie in Chapter 18?
(a) The Superdome.
(b) Pepsi Center.
(c) Madison Square Garden.
(d) The United Center.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what part of narrative plot is the basic internal conflict complicated by the introduction of related secondary conflicts and various obstacles?

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

3. In Chapter 3, Stevie and Susan Carol are attending what?

4. In Chapter 14, Stevie, Susan Carol, and Chip arrive at the dean's house at what time?

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?

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