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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Beth orphaned?
(a) Her mother commits suicide.
(b) Her mother over-doses.
(c) Her mother disappears.
(d) Her mother dies in a car crash.

2. How does Jolene help Beth?
(a) She lies for her in English class.
(b) She gives her tips for playing volleyball better.
(c) She hugs her when she gets hurt.
(d) She gives her the answers to math tests.

3. What is the first reason Mr. Shaibel gives for why he will not play chess with Beth?
(a) He likes to play chess alone.
(b) He does not like her.
(c) He does not play strangers.
(d) He does not want to play chess.

4. Who is the tallest girl at the orphanage that Beth meets when she first arrives?
(a) Alice.
(b) Josephine.
(c) Jolene.
(d) Emily.

5. What job does Mr. Shaibel have at the orphanage?
(a) He is the janitor.
(b) He is the pharmacist.
(c) He is the gardener.
(d) He is a teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Mr. Shaibel?

2. What does everyone eat on Fridays?

3. What do the children who have been at the orphanage for a long time call themselves?

4. Every Tuesday, Miss Graham sends Beth down to the basement to do what?

5. What does Mrs. Deardorff threaten if the children do not to eat every bite?

(see the answer key)

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