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Chapter 1

• The following version of this book was used to create this lesson plan: Tevis, Walter. The Queen's Gambit. Rosetta Books, 1983. Kindle.

• The book is written in third person limited, as the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of Elizabeth, known as Beth, the protagonist.

• The author uses past tense to tell the story; the beginning of the book tells of Beth’s recent past, as the rest of Chapter One is in past tense but takes place in the present.

• A woman with a clipboard told Beth her mother had died in a large car crash.

• Beth’s photo was in the paper the next day, as she was orphaned by the death of her mother.

• Beth was placed into an orphanage called Methuen Home in Mount Sterling, Kentucky.

• Like the other children, Beth was given tranquilizers to keep her calm and even-tempered.

• Although Beth did...

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