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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stevie and Susan Carol go down to the front desk to get what in Chapter 9?
(a) Directions to the swimming pool.
(b) A copy of Jerry Ventura's key.
(c) Extra towels.
(d) The manager's business card.

2. Who do Stevie and Susan Carol identify as the blackmailer by his voice in Chapter 6?
(a) Joe Mitch.
(b) Dick Vitale.
(c) Thomas Whiting.
(d) Coach K.

3. Susan Carol and Stevie run into a MSU staff member who gives them his keycard to get what in Chapter 8?
(a) A magazine article.
(b) A playbook.
(c) Drinks.
(d) Extra towels.

4. Dick Weiss tells Stevie and Susan Carol that they have to work how, in Chapter 3?
(a) Together.
(b) In a relaxed manner.
(c) Like mules.
(d) On deadline.

5. Whose room are Stevie and Susan Carol attempting to locate in Chapter 8?
(a) Dick Vitale's.
(b) Chip Graber's.
(c) Jerry Ventura's.
(d) Tony Kornheiser's

6. What is a literary device in which an author suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Metaphor.

7. Chip Garber is the star player of what team in the novel?
(a) Duke University.
(b) Syracuse.
(c) MSU.
(d) USC.

8. Chip says he'll tell Stevie and Susan Carol his story as long as it's what in Chapter 10?
(a) With his lawyer present.
(b) At a press conference.
(c) Off the record.
(d) Not followed by questions.

9. Stevie and Susan Carol part for dinner and plan to meet the next morning at what time in Chapter 7?
(a) 11:45 a.m.
(b) 6:00 a.m.
(c) 10:15 a.m.
(d) 8:30 a.m.

10. What team is practicing on the court when Stevie and Susan Carol arrive in Chapter 3?
(a) Texas A&M.
(b) MSU.
(c) Duke.
(d) Notre Dame.

11. What class does Thomas Whiting teach in the novel?
(a) Ethics and morals.
(b) Roman history.
(c) Probability and statistics.
(d) Physics.

12. In Chapter 10, Chip treats Stevie and Susan Carol as though they are what?
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Reporters.
(c) Children.
(d) Sports fans.

13. The coaches are being interviewed by the reporters from what news organization in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) CBS.
(b) NBC.
(c) ABC.
(d) FOX.

14. When Stevie and Susan Carol read Professor Whiting's bio in the media program, they find out he sits on a sub-committee about what?
(a) Drug use.
(b) Women atheletes.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Gambling.

15. In Chapter 3, Stevie and Susan Carol have to pose with what for pictures?
(a) The Duke team.
(b) Their plaques.
(c) A basketball.
(d) A hockey stick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Stevie decides to write his story about what in Chapter 5?

2. Stevie wants to include the number of references to student athletes, so he asks who to keep track of the number of references for him in Chapter 5?

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

4. The other winner of the student reporter essay contest, aside from Stevie, is from where?

5. Stevie and Susan Carol overhear the guy in the gray suit and someone else talking about throwing a game so that who wins in Chapter 5?

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