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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Shaibel tell Beth she must do if she loses the queen in chess?
(a) She must continue to play without the queen.
(b) She must resign.
(c) She must find a new queen.
(d) She must give her queen to her opponent.

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

3. What was the punishment Beth had received for saying “damn"?
(a) She had been beaten.
(b) She was not allowed to play chess.
(c) Her mouth was washed out with soap.
(d) She had lost recess privileges.

4. Who is the best volleyball player?
(a) Beth.
(b) Alice.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Jolene.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives the children their pills?

2. How is Beth able to get out of chapel in order to play chess?

3. Beth wants to do what, more than anything, in Chapter 1?

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

5. Six-year-old named Alice came in a month after Beth and is adopted when?

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