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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Chapter 7 begins where?
(a) At a college party to which Beth was invited.
(b) In Beth's college Russian class.
(c) At a chess tournament.
(d) As Beth is practicing chess.

3. What happens and Beth and Benny play speed chess?
(a) Beth only wins one game.
(b) Benny only wins one game.
(c) Beth wins every game.
(d) Benny wins every game.

4. What does Beth decide about the U.S. Championships?
(a) She will win on intuition alone.
(b) She will not compete.
(c) It is time it is won by a woman. It is time she wins it.
(d) She may need to skip it.

5. 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 9.
(c) Board 2.
(d) Board 1.

6. After Beth finds Mrs. Wheatley dead, what does she request?
(a) A beer.
(b) A sleeping pill.
(c) A plane ticket home.
(d) A prescription for tranquilizers.

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

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

9. 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 fills Mrs. Wheatley's last prescription.
(d) She throws them all in the garbage.

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

11. Why do Beth and Benny end up only playing games out of books?
(a) Beth needs to improve her chess history knowledge.
(b) Beth cannot beat Benny.
(c) They are tired of playing chess with eachother.
(d) Benny can no longer beat Beth.

12. What is Townes doing at the tournament?
(a) Judging the tournament.
(b) Playing in the tournament.
(c) Writing an article about the tournament for Chess Review.
(d) Acting as a commentator during the tournament.

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

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

15. In what hotel is the second tournament held?
(a) The Ramada Inn.
(b) The Gibson Hotel.
(c) The Howard Johnson Hotel.
(d) The Hilton Inn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Beth even happier than the graduation gift from Mrs. Wheatlhey?

2. Who is the best chess player since Morphy?

3. Although Beth spends much of her time practicing, where does she end up going to take a break in Chapter 8?

4. Although she and Benny would be co-champions and split the prize money, Beth is not consoled. Why?

5. What does Mrs. Wheatley offer Beth, when Beth returns to the hotel room?

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