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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does one get a rating in chess?
(a) Win 4 matches.
(b) Play for 10 years.
(c) Play 1 game.
(d) Play 30 USCF tournaments and then wait 4 months.

2. What happens to Beth at the tournament in Chapter 4, that she realizes in the bathroom?
(a) She has turned as pale as a ghost.
(b) She has started to menstruate.
(c) She is flushed.
(d) Her hair ends up in disaray.

3. What is the color of the tranquilizer pill?
(a) Blue.
(b) Brown.
(c) Green.
(d) Orange.

4. What is the question that Jolene asks Beth, when she first meets her?
(a) Why are you not adopted yet?
(b) You a real orphan or a bastard?
(c) How old are you?
(d) Where are you from?

5. Six-year-old named Alice came in a month after Beth and is adopted when?
(a) Three days later.
(b) Three weeks later.
(c) Three years later.
(d) Three months later.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the punishment Beth had received for saying “damn"?

2. How many pills does Jolene give Beth before her chess match in Chapter 2?

3. From whom does Beth learn of her mother’s death?

4. In mid-September, why does Fergussen ask Beth if she should be packing?

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

(see the answer key)

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