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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 essay winners and their parents have an opportunity to meet what famous sports writer in Chapter 2?

2. Who explains to Stevie who each of the players are and the other members who work for the team in Chapter 4?

3. What team is the other winner of the student reporter essay contest aside from Stevie a fan of?

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

5. What refers to an inventory of the courses taken and grades earned of a student throughout a course?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is ironic about the person Stevie and Susan Carol discover to be the blackmailer in Chapter 6?

3. What is foreshadowed in Chip's conversation with Stevie and Susan Carol in Chapter 10?

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

5. What do Stevie and Susan Carol do in order to get in touch with Chip in Chapter 8?

6. Where do Stevie and Susan Carol find the players' room numbers in Chapter 9? What do they do next?

7. Who is Dick Weiss? How is he described in Chapter 3?

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

9. Where does Stevie meet Coach K in Chapter 4? What does Coach K ask Stevie to do?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Dick Weiss and the assignment given to Stevie and Susan Carol during their stay in New Orleans. What are the kids to write about and how often? How exclusive is the opportunity the kids are given? How do they feel about their assignments?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Jerry Ventura in the novel. Why does Ventura give the kids his room key? What does the key allow them to access? Also discuss the actions of Stevie and Susan Carol in Chapter 8. Is their dishonesty warranted?

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