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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the question that Jolene asks Beth, when she first meets her?
(a) How old are you?
(b) Why are you not adopted yet?
(c) Where are you from?
(d) You a real orphan or a bastard?

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

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

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

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

8. From whom does Beth learn of her mother’s death?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her father.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) A woman with a clipboard.

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

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

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

12. How does one get a rating in chess?
(a) Play 30 USCF tournaments and then wait 4 months.
(b) Play for 10 years.
(c) Win 4 matches.
(d) Play 1 game.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What surprises Beth about Mrs. Wheatley?

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

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

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