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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many pills does Jolene give Beth before her chess match in Chapter 2?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

5. As Beth packs, she searched frantically for the one item that mattered the most. What is that item?
(a) A present from Jolene.
(b) Her mother's ring.
(c) Her toothbrush holder filled with green pills.
(d) Her book called Chess Openings.

6. What does Ralph in the Boys’ Ward shout that catches Beth's attention?
(a) "You're all greedy bastards!"
(b) "You're all annoying!"
(c) "You're all jerks!"
(d) "You’re all greedy cocksuckers!"

7. How many of Mr. Ganz’s students does Beth have to play?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

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

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

10. What is the second reason Mr. Shaibel gives for why he will not play chess with Beth?
(a) He does not know how to play chess well enough.
(b) He does not like chess.
(c) Girls do not play chess.
(d) He does not like girls.

11. 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.

12. How many chess boards can Beth visualize playing at once?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

13. In Chapter 2, why is Beth pulled from the movie the girls are watching?
(a) To go to Mrs. Deardorff’s office.
(b) To play chess.
(c) To get more green pills.
(d) To meet her new parents.

14. How often is Beth given a tranquilizer?
(a) Twice a day.
(b) Once a week.
(c) As needed for anxiety.
(d) Once a day.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chapter 3 begin?

2. How does Beth feel after her first chess win?

3. Where is the orphanage located?

4. Where is the first chess tournament Beth ever take place in held?

5. What is NOT a punishment given to Beth for stealing the pills?

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