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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Beth abstain from drinking in Chapter 7?
(a) She does not want to be a drunk.
(b) She has big international tournaments and the United States Championship coming up.
(c) She does not want to disappoint Mrs. Wheatley.
(d) She is worried about gaining weight from drinking.

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

3. Beth‘s third opponent in Chapter 8 shocks her. Why?
(a) He is very arrogant.
(b) He is terrible at chess.
(c) She is also female.
(d) He is very young and serious.

4. What does Mr. Wheatley give Beth?
(a) Money.
(b) The house.
(c) Two week notice to move out of the house.
(d) A gift.

5. When at her first tournament, what is something that Beth does not know about regarding chess tournaments?
(a) Who goes first.
(b) How to play against someone else.
(c) Chess clocks.
(d) How to keep score.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beth receive for being 15 minutes late for Geography?

2. Who is the best chess player since Morphy?

3. How does Beth feel when she hears Benny Watts talking to another player?

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

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

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