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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 16, Susan Carol tells Stevie Mr. Feeley is going to talk to whom?

2. In Chapter 13, Jerry Ventura questions Stevie about what?

3. In Chapter 14, the dean catches Chip in a lie when he introduces Susan Carol as what?

4. What do Stevie and Susan Carol do when Chip Graber makes a score in Chapter 12?

5. Susan Carol discovers that Dean Wojenski lives in what city in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the dean believe Christine Braman is involved in the mystery in Chapter 14?

2. What leads Susan Carol to believe Professor Whiting is speaking with Steve Jurgenson in Chapter 15?

3. Who ends up following Stevie, Chip, and Susan Carol in Chapter 14? How do they discover this?

4. What is ironic about the taped confession in Chapter 18?

5. Where does Chip agree to meet Steve Jurgenson in Chapter 16? Who does Susan Carol inform about their whereabouts?

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

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

8. Who do Stevie, Chip, and Susan Carol find in the hotel room when they enter in Chapter 17? What do they learn?

9. Why does Jerry Ventura believe the kids were in his room in Chapter 13?

10. What is foreshadowed in Chapter 16 regarding Stuart Feeley?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the blackmailing plot and Chip Graber's involvement. Why did Chip decide not to go to his father when Professor Whiting told him about his transcript? What would you have done under the circumstances? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss Stevie Thomas as the protagonist of the novel. How old is Stevie? What is the sporting event Stevie is covering? What award did Stevie win in order to cover the event? Where does Stevie live with his family? What does Stevie aspire to be when he grows up?

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