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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Every Tuesday, Miss Graham sends Beth down to the basement to do what?
(a) Empty the garbage.
(b) Find Mr. Shaibel.
(c) Clean the erasers.
(d) Sit in time out.

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

5. How do all the girls wear their hair at the orphanage?
(a) They have long ponytails.
(b) They have short bobs.
(c) They wear braids.
(d) They have bangs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the question that Jolene asks Beth, when she first meets her?

2. Where is the orphanage located?

3. What does Ralph in the Boys’ Ward shout that catches Beth's attention?

4. What class does Beth dislike the most?

5. What does Beth think the chess game is the first time she ever sees it?

(see the answer key)

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