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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the state champion?
(a) Sizemore.
(b) Beltik.
(c) Goldmann.
(d) Townes.

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

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

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

5. What happens to Beth at the tournament in Chapter 4, that she realizes in the bathroom?
(a) She is flushed.
(b) She has started to menstruate.
(c) She has turned as pale as a ghost.
(d) Her hair ends up in disaray.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Beth feel after her first chess win?

2. What does Beth get in return for playing Mr. Ganz’s students?

3. What does Mr. Shaibel tell Beth she must do if she loses the queen in chess?

4. What surprises Beth about Mrs. Wheatley?

5. Why does Beth tell Jolene she is sorry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do both Mr. Shaibel and Mr. Ganz think of Beth? Why?

2. Why does Beth steal money from Mrs. Wheatley?

3. How does Beth get the job of cleaning the erasers after arithmetic class?

4. What are three things that Beth learns from taking part in her first chess tournament?

5. What does Beth think and do when a nice couple with an accent comes in to adopt a child?

6. How does the reader first learn about Beth’s appearance? How does she describe herself?

7. What are two things that Beth realizes she has figured out in the first chapter?

8. What do most of the chess players at the tournament have in common?

9. How does Beth keep Mrs. Wheatley from knowing she has stolen money from her?

10. How is Beth able to get away for a length of time to play chess?

(see the answer keys)

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