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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 do Susan Carol, Stevie and Chip discover is following them in the end of Chapter 14?

2. Susan Carol tells Stevie that the dean wants them to meet him when in Chapter 13?

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

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

5. With what are Susan Carol and Stevie bound in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the game in Chapter 19? What do Stevie and Susan Carol reveal to Chip?

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

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

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

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

6. How has Stevie's relationship with Susan Carol evolved in Chapter 13?

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

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

9. What does Susan Carol discover when she calls the dean's office in Chapter 11? Where is the dean located?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe, analyze, and discuss the character of Professor Thomas Whiting in the narrative. Why do Stevie and Susan Carol believe that Whiting is involved in the blackmailing plot? At what university does Whiting work? What does Professor Whiting reveal to Stevie and Susan Carol when they first speak with him?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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