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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What refers to a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Rising action.
(c) Climax.
(d) Denouement.

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

4. What team is the other winner of the student reporter essay contest aside from Stevie a fan of?
(a) LSU.
(b) USC.
(c) MSU.
(d) Duke University.

5. What is a literary and theatrical form consisting of a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people?
(a) Propaganda.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Dialogue.
(d) Metaphor.

6. During what part of narrative plot is the basic internal conflict complicated by the introduction of related secondary conflicts and various obstacles?
(a) Rising Action.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Denouement.
(d) Climax.

7. Stevie and Susan Carol overhear the guy in the gray suit and someone else talking about throwing what game in Chapter 5?
(a) Thursday's game.
(b) Sunday's game.
(c) Wednesday's game.
(d) Monday's game.

8. What news station is covering the sports event in the novel?
(a) FOX.
(b) NBC.
(c) CBS.
(d) ABC.

9. Dick Weiss tells Stevie and Susan Carol that they have to write one story how often during the event in Chapter 3?
(a) Per hour.
(b) Per day.
(c) Per week.
(d) Per month.

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

11. 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 is well done.
(c) His story is too long.
(d) His story needs to be longer.

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

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

14. According to Chip's story in Chapter 10, Professor Whiting told Chip he had failed how many courses in the previous semester?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

15. In Chapter 8, Susan Carol and Stevie both tell their fathers that they have what in the morning?
(a) Radio interviews.
(b) Coach interviews.
(c) Television interviews.
(d) Player interviews.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The other winner of the student reporter essay contest, aside from Stevie, is from where?

3. Susan Carol believes that the MSU staff member they encounter and obtain a keycard from has a list of what in Chapter 8?

4. When Stevie and Susan Carol read Professor Whiting's bio in the media program, they find out he sits on a sub-committee about what?

5. Whose room are Stevie and Susan Carol attempting to locate in Chapter 8?

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