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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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 jacket of the blackmailer.
(b) The shoes of the blackmailer.
(c) The hat of the blackmailer.
(d) The voice of the blackmailer.

5. When the guard takes them to Chip in Chapter 9, Stevie and Susan Carol give Chip hints in front of the guard to let them know they overheard his conversation yesterday with whom?
(a) Thomas Whiting.
(b) Dick Weiss.
(c) Tony Kornheiser.
(d) Dick Vitale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What provides the background information needed to properly understand the story, such as the problem in the beginning of the story?

2. In Chapter 3, Stevie and Susan Carol are attending what?

3. When Thomas Whiting first called Chip, he said he needed to discuss something about what, according to Chip in Chapter 10?

4. As the winner of an essay contest, Stevie has the opportunity to cover what sports event as a student reporter?

5. Stevie and Susan Carol part for dinner and plan to meet the next morning at what time in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Chip's response after Stevie and Susan Carol relate their story to him in Chapter 10?

2. What does Dick Weiss teach Stevie in Chapter 3? What does Stevie learn about the process of journalism?

3. How does Susan Carol help Stevie get into the locker room in Chapter 5?

4. What is foreshadowed when Stevie and his father check into the hotel in Chapter 1?

5. Who do Susan Carol and Stevie see speaking suspiciously in Chapter 5? Where do they go?

6. How is the awards breakfast described in Chapter 3? What does Dick Weiss tell the kids about their assignment?

7. What does Stevie learn about ticket scalping in Chapter 3? Where does Dick Weiss take Stevie?

8. Where does Stevie go for a walk in Chapter 5? Who accompanies him?

9. What does the award letter Stevie receives in Chapter 1 give him permission to attend? Where is Stevie going?

10. How do Stevie and Susan Carol gain access to Chip Graber's room in Chapter 9?

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