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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Beth wave goodbye, as the car pulls away from the orphanage?
(a) Mr. Shaidel.
(b) Mr. Fergussen.
(c) Jolene.
(d) Mrs. Deardorff.

2. What grade does Beth attend at her new school?
(a) Fifth grade.
(b) Tenth grade.
(c) Seventh grade.
(d) Eighth grade.

3. How does Beth feel after her first chess win?
(a) She is worried about losing the next game.
(b) She is pleasantly surprised.
(c) She has never felt so wonderful in her life.
(d) She is in shock.

4. What do the children who have been at the orphanage for a long time call themselves?
(a) Full-time orphans.
(b) Hopeless.
(c) Loveless.
(d) Lifers.

5. Who accompanies Miss Faley when she comes to check on Beth and her new family?
(a) Mrs. Deardorff.
(b) Mr. Shaidel.
(c) Fergussen.
(d) Jolene.

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

7. Why does Beth tell Jolene she is sorry?
(a) That Jolene is not also being adopted.
(b) She had cursed at Jolene.
(c) She stole money from Jolene.
(d) She hurt her feelings.

8. Who is Beth's first opponent in her first chess tournament?
(a) Sarah Fielding.
(b) Annette Packer.
(c) Beltik.
(d) Annie Myatt.

9. Why is Beth told she has to start in the beginner group in her first chess tournament?
(a) She is a girl.
(b) She does not have a rating.
(c) She has no guardian present.
(d) She is under eighteen years old.

10. About what does Mrs. Deardorff rave to the strangers Beth is introduce to in Chapter 3?
(a) Beth‘s academic accomplishments.
(b) Beth's beauty.
(c) Beth's chess playing skills.
(d) Beth's kindness.

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

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

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

14. What does Beth think the chess game is the first time she ever sees it?
(a) A sculpture.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) Checkers.
(d) A bunch of little dolls.

15. How does the narrator describe Mr. Shaibel?
(a) He is fatter on one side than on the other.
(b) He is round and jolly.
(c) He is tall and handsome.
(d) He is short and stooped.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Beth feel when she watches the top players play chess at her first tournament?

2. What is the name of the orphanage in which Beth is placed?

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

4. What is the question that Jolene asks Beth, when she first meets her?

5. Where does Beth go when she leaves chapel?

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