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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The essay winners and their parents have an opportunity to meet what famous sports writer in Chapter 2?
(a) Joe Mitch.
(b) Dick Weiss.
(c) President Keeley.
(d) Tony Kornheiser.

2. What is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible object to represent a less tangible object or some intangible quality or idea?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Narrative.

3. Stevie decides to write his story about what in Chapter 5?
(a) A game being rigged.
(b) Chip Graber.
(c) What it's like to be a kid reporter at the Final Four.
(d) Coach K.

4. Susan Carol's father is responsible for founding a religious group for what?
(a) Gamblers.
(b) Drug addicts.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Alcoholics.

5. Stevie and Susan Carol get introduced to what big ESPN newscaster in the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Stuart Feeley.
(b) Jerry Ventura.
(c) Dick Vitale.
(d) Dean Wojenski.

6. With whom do Stevie and Susan Carol eat breakfast in Chapter 8?
(a) Dick Weiss.
(b) Their fathers.
(c) Thomas Whiting.
(d) Coach K.

7. Where do Susan Carol and Stevie sit down to review what they know in Chapter 7?
(a) A stadium entrance.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A library.
(d) The hotel lobby.

8. Which of the judges of the essay contest introduces himself to the parents and the kids in Chapter 2?
(a) Joe Mitch.
(b) President Keeley.
(c) Dick Weiss.
(d) Tony Kornheiser.

9. When Thomas Whiting first called Chip, he said he needed to discuss something about what, according to Chip in Chapter 10?
(a) Chip's grandmother.
(b) Chip's father.
(c) Chip's mother.
(d) Chip's grandfather.

10. How old is Stevie?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 13.
(d) 17.

11. Who accompanies Stevie on the trip when he leaves to cover a sporting event in Chapter 1?
(a) Thomas Whiting.
(b) Steve Jurgenson.
(c) Mr. Thomas.
(d) Tony Kornheiser.

12. In Chapter 3, Stevie and Susan Carol are attending what?
(a) The awards breakfast.
(b) The rules meeting.
(c) The trophy presentation.
(d) The coaches dinner.

13. What is Stevie's last name in the novel?
(a) Thompson.
(b) Terrance.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Treadwell.

14. Who explains to Stevie who each of the players are and the other members who work for the team in Chapter 4?
(a) Stuart Feeley.
(b) Thomas Whiting.
(c) Bobby Kelleher.
(d) Dick Weiss.

15. Stevie became a huge basketball fan when his father started taking him to games of what informal association of college athletic programs?
(a) The New York Small 7.
(b) The Philadelphia Big 5.
(c) The Chicago Mega 3.
(d) The Great Boston 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. Stevie and Susan Carol go down to the front desk to get what in Chapter 9?

2. Dick Weiss tells Stevie and Susan Carol that they have to write one story how often during the event in Chapter 3?

3. As the winner of an essay contest, Stevie has the opportunity to cover what sports event as a student reporter?

4. In Chapter 8, Susan Carol and Stevie both tell their fathers that they have what in the morning?

5. What is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is a sharp incongruity or discordance that goes beyond the simple and evident intention of words or actions?

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