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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 essay winners and their parents have an opportunity to meet what famous sports writer in Chapter 2?
(a) Joe Mitch.
(b) Dick Weiss.
(c) President Keeley.
(d) Tony Kornheiser.

2. Dick Weiss tells Stevie and Susan Carol that they have to write one story how often during the event in Chapter 3?
(a) Per month.
(b) Per day.
(c) Per week.
(d) Per hour.

3. In Chapter 3, Stevie and Susan Carol have to pose with what for pictures?
(a) A hockey stick.
(b) Their plaques.
(c) A basketball.
(d) The Duke team.

4. 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?
(a) Athletes in training.
(b) Aspiring basketball players.
(c) Student athletes.
(d) Amateur basketball players.

5. Stevie wants to write about one of the players from what team but is deterred from doing so in Chapter 4?
(a) Duke.
(b) LSU.
(c) MSU.
(d) USC.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Stevie and Susan Carol identify as the blackmailer by his voice in Chapter 6?

2. Who accompanies Stevie on the trip when he leaves to cover a sporting event in Chapter 1?

3. Thomas Whiting teaches at what university in the novel?

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?

5. Who do Stevie and Susan Carol see with a man in gray suit at the news compound in Chapter 5?

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