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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the color of the tranquilizer pill?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Orange.
(d) Brown.

9. When Beth thinks about what Ralph said, what does she picture?
(a) A woodpecker.
(b) A snake.
(c) A mean person.
(d) A dog.

10. What surprises Beth about Mrs. Wheatley?
(a) How loving she is.
(b) How well she can lie.
(c) How composed she is.
(d) How smart she is.

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

12. What is so special about Beth‘s new bedroom?
(a) It is painted her favorite color, pink.
(b) There is a chess board sitting on the nightstand.
(c) She had never had her own room before.
(d) It has a beautiful view of the garden.

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

14. How is Beth orphaned?
(a) Her mother commits suicide.
(b) Her mother over-doses.
(c) Her mother disappears.
(d) Her mother dies in a car crash.

15. What does Mrs. Deardorff think about Beth playing chess with the janitor?
(a) It is very kind.
(b) It is inappropriate.
(c) It is most irregular.
(d) It is pathetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second reason Mr. Shaibel gives for why he will not play chess with Beth?

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

3. What is the first reason Mr. Shaibel gives for why he will not play chess with Beth?

4. What is the man's response when Beth says she wants to be put in the Open in her first chess tournament?

5. How do all the girls wear their hair at the orphanage?

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