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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. In Chapter 19, Chip says his bad playing wasn't an attempt to throw the game but that he just couldn't concentrate until he saw what?

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

3. In Chapter 19, after the award ceremony, Chip runs over to Stevie and Susan Carol and does what?

4. Susan Carol discovers that Dean Wojenski lives in what city in Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 16, Stevie keeps looking at his watch because they are expecting to hear from Feeley before when?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are Stevie and Susan Carol rescued in Chapter 17?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. What leads Susan Carol to believe Professor Whiting is speaking with Steve Jurgenson in Chapter 15?

10. Who is Mr. Thomas in the narrative? How is he described? What does he tell Stevie to tell his mom in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define, identify, and analyze exposition and rising action in a literary narrative and in this particular novel. How does the author transition the narrative from exposition to suspense? How traditional is this plot structure? What does the author reveal through exposition in the first chapters? How does this effectively set up the plot and characters?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting of Bay St. Louis and its proximity to New Orleans and analyze and discuss the information derived by Susan Carol in Chapter 11. What did the dean's assistant's voicemail reveal? What do Stevie and Susan Carol plan to do in order to learn more about the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the NCAA, the Superdome, and ticket scalping in the novel. What is the legality of selling tickets at the arena? For how much are the tickets to the Final Four Games selling? Why does Stevie have a hard time getting his press pass? What are Stevie's impressions of the arena?

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