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

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

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

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

5. What class does Thomas Whiting teach in the novel?
(a) Roman history.
(b) Probability and statistics.
(c) Ethics and morals.
(d) Physics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

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

4. Susan Carol says that when she interviewed Coach K for her essay she was also able to line up an interview with the coach from where in Chapter 3?

5. The other winner of the student reporter essay contest, aside from Stevie, is named what?

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