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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives the children their pills?
(a) Mr. Ganz.
(b) Mr. Shaidel.
(c) Mrs. Deardorff.
(d) Mr. Fergussen.

2. What does everyone eat on Fridays?
(a) Steak.
(b) Fish.
(c) Mush.
(d) Cake.

3. How does the narrator describe Mr. Shaibel?
(a) He is fatter on one side than on the other.
(b) He is short and stooped.
(c) He is round and jolly.
(d) He is tall and handsome.

4. What do the children who have been at the orphanage for a long time call themselves?
(a) Hopeless.
(b) Loveless.
(c) Full-time orphans.
(d) Lifers.

5. How old is Jolene at the beginning of the book?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second reason Mr. Shaibel gives for why he will not play chess with Beth?

2. How does Beth feel after her first chess win?

3. What does Mr. Shaibel tell Beth she must do if she loses the queen in chess?

4. Who is the tallest girl at the orphanage that Beth meets when she first arrives?

5. How do all the girls wear their hair at the orphanage?

(see the answer key)

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