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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. Stevie and Susan Carol part for dinner and plan to meet the next morning at what time in Chapter 7?
2. Stevie and Susan Carol go down to the front desk to get what in Chapter 9?
3. 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?
4. Who startles Stevie and Susan Carol by trying to come in while they are snooping in a MSU staff member's room in Chapter 9?
5. Stevie became a huge basketball fan when his father started taking him to games of what informal association of college athletic programs?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who do Susan Carol and Stevie reveal the blackmailing plot to in Chapter 7? What is the response?
2. Where does Stevie go for a walk in Chapter 5? Who accompanies him?
3. How is the awards breakfast described in Chapter 3? What does Dick Weiss tell the kids about their assignment?
4. Where does Stevie meet Coach K in Chapter 4? What does Coach K ask Stevie to do?
5. What is Chip's response after Stevie and Susan Carol relate their story to him in Chapter 10?
6. What does the award letter Stevie receives in Chapter 1 give him permission to attend? Where is Stevie going?
7. What is foreshadowed upon Stevie's meeting Susan Carol in Chapter 2? What does Dick Weiss suggest Stevie read?
8. What do Stevie and Susan Carol know about the plot in Chapter 7?
9. What parts of the mystery are Susan Carol and Stevie still missing in Chapter 7? Who do they decide to talk with?
10. What is foreshadowed in Chip's conversation with Stevie and Susan Carol in Chapter 10?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the press conferences in the novel and analyze the character of Coach K in the narrative. What is Susan Carol's relationship with Coach K? How does the author describe the press interviews? What sports celebrities are mentioned in the narrative and why?
Essay Topic 2
Describe, analyze and discuss the characters of Brill and Weiss in the novel. How do Stevie and Susan Carol feel about their assigned reporters? How seriously do Brill and Weiss take Stevie and Susan Carol when they are told about the conversation on the docks?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the setting of Bay St. Louis and its proximity to New Orleans and analyze and discuss the information derived by Susan Carol in Chapter 11. What did the dean's assistant's voicemail reveal? What do Stevie and Susan Carol plan to do in order to learn more about the plot?
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