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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. In Chapter 15, Chip, Stevie, and Susan Carol arrive at the back door of what?

2. In Chapter 11, Chip is getting ready to leave for what?

3. In Chapter 16, Jurgenson returns Chip's call to meet with Chip late that night at what hotel?

4. Stevie and Susan Carol go back to their hotel and have lunch with whom in Chapter 11?

5. Who claims acknowledgment that the blackmailing plot is his in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Stevie and Susan Carol rescued in Chapter 17?

2. What moral of the story is revealed in Coach Graber's discussion with his son in Chapter 19?

3. What famous sports journalist do Stevie and Susan Carol meet in Chapter 12?

4. What does the dean tell Susan Carol when she calls him in Chapter 12? Who does she encounter in the game?

5. Who do Stevie, Susan Carol, and Chip decide to reveal the blackmailing plot to in Chapter 15?

6. What led Steve Jurgenson to follow Chip, Stevie and Susan Carol, according to his story in Chapter 18?

7. How does the game end in Chapter 12? Who does Stevie encounter after the game?

8. What do Brill and Weiss suggest Stevie and Susan Carol do in Chapter 19?

9. Who is Mr. Thomas in the narrative? How is he described? What does he tell Stevie to tell his mom in Chapter 19?

10. What do Stevie and Susan Carol learn about Dean Wojenski in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the FCA and analyze and discuss the ethics of Susan Carol and Stevie's actions in the narrative. Given Susan Carol's religious nature, is her dishonesty seen in a different light than Stevie's? Why or why not? How do the kids feel about lying to their fathers?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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