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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beth buy after winning her first match?
(a) A gift for Mrs. Wheatley.
(b) A beautiful chess set.
(c) A cashmere sweater, argyle socks, and saddle shoes.
(d) A new watch.

2. Why does Beth sleep with one of her classmates at the college party?
(a) She finds him attractive.
(b) He speaks Russian very well.
(c) He will pay her.
(d) He is an excellent chess player.

3. Beth‘s third opponent in Chapter 8 shocks her. Why?
(a) She is also female.
(b) He is very arrogant.
(c) He is very young and serious.
(d) He is terrible at chess.

4. Upon returning home, Mrs. Wheatley is not sure how to react to Beth. How does she decide to react?
(a) Low-key.
(b) Motherly.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Anxious.

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

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

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

8. Why is Mrs. Wheatley suddenly interested in opening a bank account for Beth?
(a) She wants Beth to be self-sufficient.
(b) She wants to steal Beth's money.
(c) She loves Beth.
(d) She saw Beth’s winnings from her first tournament.

9. Where is Beth’s second tournament?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Indianapolis.
(d) Dallas.

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

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

12. What happens when Beth plays skittles against 3 people simultaneously?
(a) She beat 2 out of the 3.
(b) She loses to all of them.
(c) She beats them all.
(d) She beats only Benny.

13. Back at home, what does Beth finally do when she sees all the blue in the house?
(a) She starts to drink.
(b) She grieves the loss of Mrs. Wheatley.
(c) She cleans the house.
(d) She sells Mrs. Wheatley's things.

14. How old is Beth at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 20.
(d) 16.

15. Does Beth beat Borgov in Mexico?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, quite easily.
(c) Yes, just barely.
(d) The game runs out of time and must be completed later.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Beth and Benny end up only playing games out of books?

2. Why is Beth unable to open a bank account?

3. What does NOT take place at the party Beth attends?

4. Beth knows that the best way to beat Benny is to get him where?

5. When does Chapter 11 begin?

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