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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. Dick Weiss tells Stevie and Susan Carol that it's in the moderator handbook to refer to the basketball players as what in Chapter 4?

2. What is a literary device in which an author suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

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

4. In Chapter 10, Chip treats Stevie and Susan Carol as though they are what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do Susan Carol and Stevie see speaking suspiciously in Chapter 5? Where do they go?

2. What is foreshadowed upon Stevie's meeting Susan Carol in Chapter 2? What does Dick Weiss suggest Stevie read?

3. What plan do Stevie and Susan Carol develop to identify the blackmailer in Chapter 6?

4. Where does Stevie go for a walk in Chapter 5? Who accompanies him?

5. Why is Stevie jealous of Susan Carol in Chapter 4? Who dissuades him from writing his article about MSU's player?

6. What do Stevie and Susan Carol do in order to get in touch with Chip in Chapter 8?

7. What is foreshadowed when Stevie and his father check into the hotel in Chapter 1?

8. Who contacted Chip when the blackmailing began, according to his story in Chapter 10? Why?

9. What do Susan Carol and Stevie overhear in Chapter 5? What conflict do they face?

10. How does Susan Carol help Stevie get into the locker room in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define, identify, and analyze conflict in the narrative. What are the three principle types of conflict that a character can encounter in a literary or dramatic work? Which are at play for Stevie in Chapter 5? What internal conflicts does Stevie encounter?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Jerry Ventura in the novel. Why does Ventura give the kids his room key? What does the key allow them to access? Also discuss the actions of Stevie and Susan Carol in Chapter 8. Is their dishonesty warranted?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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