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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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 beauty.
(d) Beth's chess playing skills.

11. What does Mr. Ganz request the school to allow?
(a) Beth to become a professional chess player.
(b) Beth to start a chess club at the orphanage.
(c) Beth to play chess against the other members of Mr. Ganz's high school chess team.
(d) Beth to attend Mr. Ganz' school full time.

12. What was the punishment Beth had received for saying “damn"?
(a) She had lost recess privileges.
(b) She was not allowed to play chess.
(c) She had been beaten.
(d) Her mouth was washed out with soap.

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

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

15. What is the man's response when Beth says she wants to be put in the Open in her first chess tournament?
(a) "Sorry, I cannot do that."
(b) "You are crazy."
(c) "They will eat you alive."
(d) "Sure, why not?"

Short Answer Questions

1. How many chess boards can Beth visualize playing at once?

2. How does Jolene help Beth?

3. Who accompanies Miss Faley when she comes to check on Beth and her new family?

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

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

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