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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The coaches are being interviewed by the reporters from what news organization in the beginning of Chapter 4?

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

3. Chip Garber is the star player of what team in the novel?

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

5. Stevie and Susan Carol part for dinner and plan to meet the next morning to go to the hotel where what team is staying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Stevie and Susan Carol know about the plot in Chapter 7?

2. Why is Stevie jealous of Susan Carol in Chapter 4? Who dissuades him from writing his article about MSU's player?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who do Susan Carol and Stevie reveal the blackmailing plot to in Chapter 7? What is the response?

9. What is foreshadowed upon Stevie's meeting Susan Carol in Chapter 2? What does Dick Weiss suggest Stevie read?

10. What plan do Stevie and Susan Carol develop to identify the blackmailer in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define, identify, and analyze exposition and rising action in a literary narrative and in this particular novel. How does the author transition the narrative from exposition to suspense? How traditional is this plot structure? What does the author reveal through exposition in the first chapters? How does this effectively set up the plot and characters?

Essay Topic 2

Describe, compare, and contrast the settings of Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New Orleans, and Bay St. Louis, Mississippi in the novel. Which characters live in each of these locations? How are the settings described by the author? How are they similar and dissimilar?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the plan developed by Susan Carol and Stevie in Chapter 7. Where do the kids decide to go in order to talk to Chip Graber? What do they hope to learn? How do the kids plan on getting around their fathers and assigned reporters in order to reach Chip?

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