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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Jolene gain access to green pills?
(a) She sweet-talks Mrs. Deardorff.
(b) She has been hoarding pills for years.
(c) She and Mr. Fergussen are friendly.
(d) She steals them from the pharmacy.

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

4. Where does Beth store the pills she is collecting?
(a) In a book.
(b) In her toothbrush holder.
(c) In her nightstand.
(d) In a makeup compact.

5. Who is the best volleyball player?
(a) Jolene.
(b) Alice.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Beth.

6. When Beth leaves her first chess tournament at ten o'clock, how many, including her, are undefeated?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

7. Where is the first chess tournament Beth ever take place in held?
(a) In a mall.
(b) In a gymnasium.
(c) In a large classroom.
(d) In a convention center.

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

9. How many students does Beth beat at chess at Mr. Ganz’s school?
(a) One of them.
(b) Five of them.
(c) None of them.
(d) All of them.

10. When Beth steals green pills from the pharmacy, how many does she take?
(a) 20.
(b) 0.
(c) 30.
(d) 5.

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

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

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

14. To where is Beth moving?
(a) Indianapolis, Indiana.
(b) Sterling, Kentucky.
(c) Lexington, Kentucky.
(d) Louisville, Kentucky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Beth feel when she hears the words “mother” and “dead"?

2. What was the punishment Beth had received for saying “damn"?

3. Every Tuesday, Miss Graham sends Beth down to the basement to do what?

4. What do the children who have been at the orphanage for a long time call themselves?

5. Who gives the children their pills?

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