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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Jolene at the beginning of the book?
(a) 14.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

2. What job does Mr. Shaibel have at the orphanage?
(a) He is a teacher.
(b) He is the janitor.
(c) He is the gardener.
(d) He is the pharmacist.

3. Where does Beth go when she leaves chapel?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) Outside.
(c) The basement.
(d) Her room.

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

5. How does Beth feel when she hears the words “mother” and “dead"?
(a) She is inconsolable.
(b) She feels numb.
(c) Those words are meaningless to her.
(d) Those words are unbearable.

6. How old is Beth at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) She is just two months shy of 13.
(b) She is almost 20.
(c) She is 10.
(d) She is 16.

7. Why are the children given tranquilizers?
(a) To help them sleep.
(b) To relieve anxiety.
(c) To even out their dispositions.
(d) To help them concentrate in school.

8. Where is the orphanage located?
(a) Louisville, Kentucky.
(b) Indianapolis, Indiana.
(c) Lexington, Kentucky.
(d) Mount Sterling, Kentucky.

9. What does Beth receive for being 15 minutes late for Geography?
(a) Detention.
(b) A beating.
(c) 5 demerits.
(d) 10 demerits.

10. Every Tuesday, Miss Graham sends Beth down to the basement to do what?
(a) Sit in time out.
(b) Clean the erasers.
(c) Find Mr. Shaibel.
(d) Empty the garbage.

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

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

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

14. How is Beth able to get out of chapel in order to play chess?
(a) She says she is sick and needs to lie down.
(b) She sneaks out.
(c) She asks permission to go to the restroom.
(d) She asks if she can help Mr. Shaibel.

15. What class does Beth dislike the most?
(a) Math.
(b) Music.
(c) Gym.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the color of the tranquilizer pill?

2. Who is the tallest girl at the orphanage that Beth meets when she first arrives?

3. What does Mr. Ganz request the school to allow?

4. When Beth leaves her first chess tournament at ten o'clock, how many, including her, are undefeated?

5. To whom is Beth introduced in Chapter 3?

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