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

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

3. The essay winners and their parents have an opportunity to meet a famous sports writer from what publication in Chapter 2?
(a) The Denver Post.
(b) The New York Daily News.
(c) The L.A. Times.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

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

5. What is a literary device in which an author suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Oxymoron.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Stevie?

2. As they approach the locker room, who lets Susan Carol through but tries to stop Stevie in Chapter 5?

3. What news station is covering the sports event in the novel?

4. What team is practicing on the court when Stevie and Susan Carol arrive in Chapter 3?

5. Susan Carol's father is responsible for founding a religious group for what?

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