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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Susan Carol and Stevie run into what MSU staff member who gives them his keycard to go to his room in Chapter 8?
(a) Chip Graber.
(b) Jerry Ventura.
(c) Dean Wojenski.
(d) Thomas Whiting.

2. In Chapter 10, Chip says the blackmailing started on what night of the week, after they got home from winning the championship game that got MSU into the Final Four?
(a) Friday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Monday.

3. Chip Garber's father holds what profession?
(a) Brain surgeon.
(b) Construction foreman.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Basketball coach.

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

5. Where does Stevie live with his family in the novel?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

6. When they try to pick up their media credentials, Stevie is given a hard time because he does not have what?
(a) A famous name.
(b) One hundred dollars.
(c) A photo ID.
(d) Both his parents with him.

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

8. Who do Stevie and Susan Carol see with a man in gray suit at the news compound in Chapter 5?
(a) Chip Graber.
(b) Tony Kornheiser.
(c) Reverend Anderson.
(d) Dick Weiss.

9. Who accompanies Stevie on the trip when he leaves to cover a sporting event in Chapter 1?
(a) Thomas Whiting.
(b) Steve Jurgenson.
(c) Mr. Thomas.
(d) Tony Kornheiser.

10. Stevie and Susan Carol part for dinner and plan to meet the next morning at what time in Chapter 7?
(a) 6:00 a.m.
(b) 10:15 a.m.
(c) 11:45 a.m.
(d) 8:30 a.m.

11. Whose room are Stevie and Susan Carol attempting to locate in Chapter 8?
(a) Jerry Ventura's.
(b) Tony Kornheiser's
(c) Dick Vitale's.
(d) Chip Graber's.

12. When Thomas Whiting first called Chip, he said he needed to discuss something about what, according to Chip in Chapter 10?
(a) Chip's father.
(b) Chip's grandfather.
(c) Chip's mother.
(d) Chip's grandmother.

13. What refers to the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel?
(a) Climax.
(b) Rising Action.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Denouement.

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

15. Thomas Whiting teaches at what university in the novel?
(a) USC.
(b) Duke.
(c) MSU.
(d) Boise State.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Stevie and Susan Carol overhear the guy in the gray suit and someone else talking about throwing what game in Chapter 5?

3. Dick Weiss tells Stevie and Susan Carol that they have to work how, in Chapter 3?

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?

5. In Chapter 5, Stevie starts to get antsy as they sit through what?

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