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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stevie and Susan Carol part for dinner and plan to meet the next morning to go to the hotel where what team is staying?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) MSU.
(c) Syracuse.
(d) Duke University.

2. Stevie became a huge basketball fan when his father started taking him to games of what informal association of college athletic programs?
(a) The Chicago Mega 3.
(b) The Philadelphia Big 5.
(c) The Great Boston 8.
(d) The New York Small 7.

3. What is Chip's father called in the novel?
(a) Coach Crandal.
(b) Coach K.
(c) Coach Chipper.
(d) Coach Graber.

4. Stevie and Susan Carol go down to the front desk to get what in Chapter 9?
(a) A copy of Jerry Ventura's key.
(b) Extra towels.
(c) The manager's business card.
(d) Directions to the swimming pool.

5. Stevie wants to include the number of references to student athletes, so he asks who to keep track of the number of references for him in Chapter 5?
(a) Thomas Whiting.
(b) Bobby Kelleher.
(c) Tony Kornheiser.
(d) Dick Weiss.

6. 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) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Monday.

7. With whom do Stevie and Susan Carol eat breakfast in Chapter 8?
(a) Thomas Whiting.
(b) Dick Weiss.
(c) Their fathers.
(d) Coach K.

8. After returning to the press room, Stevie checks with his editor, and the editor tells him what in Chapter 7?
(a) He needs to do more interviews.
(b) His story needs to be longer.
(c) His story is well done.
(d) His story is too long.

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

10. The NCAA is headquartered in what city?
(a) Austin.
(b) Boise.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Indianapolis.

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

12. What refers to an inventory of the courses taken and grades earned of a student throughout a course?
(a) Report card.
(b) Transcript.
(c) Athletic record.
(d) Collegiate equivalency record.

13. 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 Stanley Cup.
(c) The Final Four basketball games.
(d) The World Series.

14. In Chapter 3, Stevie and Susan Carol are attending what?
(a) The coaches dinner.
(b) The trophy presentation.
(c) The awards breakfast.
(d) The rules meeting.

15. 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) Student athletes.
(b) Athletes in training.
(c) Amateur basketball players.
(d) Aspiring basketball players.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Stevie and Susan Carol discuss who they can trust with the information they overheard and decide to go to Brill and whom?

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

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. Stevie and Susan Carol get introduced to what big ESPN newscaster in the end of Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 9, Stevie and Susan Carol find the list of players' room numbers where?

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