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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Beth feels how the tournament in Chapter 10 is second-rate, as chess does not have the popularity of what sports?
(a) Football or basketball.
(b) Gymnastics or swimming.
(c) Baseball or tennis.
(d) Golf or tennis.

3. In mid-September, why does Fergussen ask Beth if she should be packing?
(a) Beth is aging out of the orphanage.
(b) Beth is being adopted.
(c) Beth is moving into a new orphanage.
(d) Beth is moving into the foster care system.

4. What is the name of the orphanage in which Beth is placed?
(a) Miriam Home.
(b) Children's Home.
(c) Methuen Home.
(d) Kentucky Home.

5. Who gives the children their pills?
(a) Mr. Shaidel.
(b) Mr. Fergussen.
(c) Mr. Ganz.
(d) Mrs. Deardorff.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Beth feel, at first, at the college party?

4. At the tournament in Vegas, the ballroom was set up for 70 chess players, and Beth was at what board?

5. Beth‘s third opponent in Chapter 8 shocks her. Why?

(see the answer key)

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