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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beth do, regarding pills, before she leaves Mexico?
(a) She takes a dozen.
(b) She purchases as many pills as she can at every pharmacy she can find.
(c) She throws them all in the garbage.
(d) She fills Mrs. Wheatley's last prescription.

2. Beth knows that the best way to beat Benny is to get him where?
(a) In little hits throughout the game.
(b) In the opening.
(c) In the end game.
(d) In the middle game.

3. What does NOT take place at the party Beth attends?
(a) Drinking alcohol.
(b) Studying Russian.
(c) Listening to loud music.
(d) Smoking marijuana.

4. What does Beth NOT do before leaving the party house?
(a) Writes a love note to her classmate.
(b) She cleans up the house.
(c) She drinks quite a bit more.
(d) She cleans or airs out her clothes.

5. When does Beth finally leave the party house?
(a) On Friday morning.
(b) On Tuesday afternoon.
(c) On Monday morning.
(d) On Sunday evening.

6. How does Beth feel when Mrs. Wheatley says her fling with Manuel is over?
(a) Worried.
(b) Sad.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Relieved.

7. The tournament in Chapter 10 consisted mostly of who?
(a) Amatuers.
(b) Grandmasters.
(c) Masters.
(d) Women.

8. When Beth’s classmates see her picture in the magazine, what does one of her classmates do?
(a) He laughs at her.
(b) He asks her for her autograph.
(c) He gives her a high five.
(d) He starts chanting her name.

9. What magazine interviews Beth?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Cosmopolitan.
(c) Life.
(d) Chicago Tribune.

10. Where does Allston suggest Alma be buried?
(a) In her family plot.
(b) In Mexico.
(c) In the plot he and she had purchased together.
(d) Anywhere, as he does not care.

11. Beth spent the weekend at the party house, although the owners spent the remainder of the weekend where?
(a) In Cincinnati.
(b) In Indianapolis.
(c) On campus at an event.
(d) At someone else's apartment.

12. How does Benny pay his rent?
(a) Betting on horses.
(b) Playing chess.
(c) Working as a waiter.
(d) Playing poker.

13. How many pills does Beth take to help her sleep the night before her match with Benny in Ohio?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

14. What does Beth wish would happen with Townes?
(a) He would train her in chess.
(b) He would write another article about her.
(c) He would make love to her.
(d) He would make her feel more relaxed about the competition at the tournament.

15. At the tournament in Vegas, the ballroom was set up for 70 chess players, and Beth was at what board?
(a) Board 12.
(b) Board 2.
(c) Board 1.
(d) Board 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Beth at the end of Chapter 5?

2. What does Beth think about this casual hook-up at the college party?

3. What does Beth decide about the U.S. Championships?

4. Beth feels how the tournament in Chapter 10 is second-rate, as chess does not have the popularity of what sports?

5. What does Townes want to do for Beth, while at the tournament in Las Vegas?

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