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

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

3. When he meets Susan Carol on the court, Stevie asks her if she's been able to find who in Chapter 6?
(a) Chip Graber.
(b) The man in the gray suit.
(c) Bobby Kelleher.
(d) Dick Weiss.

4. In Chapter 6, Stevie comes up with a plan for Susan Carol to talk to different men to see if she recognizes what?
(a) The hat of the blackmailer.
(b) The shoes of the blackmailer.
(c) The jacket of the blackmailer.
(d) The voice of the blackmailer.

5. As the winner of an essay contest, Stevie has the opportunity to cover what sports event as a student reporter?
(a) The World Series.
(b) The Final Four basketball games.
(c) The Stanley Cup.
(d) The Super Bowl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Weiss explains that the lower seat tickets are selling for how much in Chapter 3?

2. Which of the judges of the essay contest introduces himself to the parents and the kids in Chapter 2?

3. 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?

4. What is the name of the head coach of Duke in the novel?

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

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