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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Deardorff think about Beth playing chess with the janitor?
(a) It is inappropriate.
(b) It is pathetic.
(c) It is most irregular.
(d) It is very kind.

2. Beth wants to do what, more than anything, in Chapter 1?
(a) Go to good college.
(b) Be adopted.
(c) Win.
(d) Swim.

3. How does Beth feel when she watches the top players play chess at her first tournament?
(a) Thrilled.
(b) Bored.
(c) Angry.
(d) Nervous.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How often is Beth given a tranquilizer?

2. To whom does Beth wave goodbye, as the car pulls away from the orphanage?

3. How does Chapter 3 begin?

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

5. What grade does Beth attend at her new school?

(see the answer key)

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