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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. Who is the president of MSU in the novel?

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

3. In literature, what refers to the inherent incompatibility between the objectives of two or more characters or forces?

4. While waiting for Brill in his hotel lobby to go on his interview, Stevie and Susan Carol hear whose voice in Chapter 15?

5. Who has a debate with another journalist about how old Stevie and Susan Carol are in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What relationship does Steve Jurgenson have with Coach Graber, according to his story in Chapter 18? What is the plan upon arriving at the arena?

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

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

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

5. What lie do Stevie and Susan Carol devise in order to meet the dean in Chapter 13?

6. Why is Stevie antsy in the morning in Chapter 16? What news does he learn from Chip?

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

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

9. What is the dean's response to Chip's story in Chapter 14?

10. What plan do Chip, Stevie, and Susan Carol devise when splitting up with Chip in Chapter 11? Where do they go next?

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 Stevie and Susan Carol's impressions of the conversation overheard on the docks in Chapter 5. How does this information lend itself to both internal and external conflicts for the characters? What would you do if faced with this information?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Susan Carol Anderson. How does Stevie feel about Susan Carol upon meeting her? How old is Susan Carol? Where is she from? How is Susan Carol's appearance described by the author? What kind of accent does she have?

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