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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. Why are the children given tranquilizers?
(a) To even out their dispositions.
(b) To help them sleep.
(c) To relieve anxiety.
(d) To help them concentrate in school.

2. What do the children who have been at the orphanage for a long time call themselves?
(a) Hopeless.
(b) Lifers.
(c) Loveless.
(d) Full-time orphans.

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

4. What does Mrs. Deardorff threaten if the children do not to eat every bite?
(a) You would not get adopted.
(b) You would not get food the next day.
(c) You would get sick.
(d) You would lose recess privileges.

5. What does Beth think the chess game is the first time she ever sees it?
(a) A bunch of little dolls.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Monopoly.
(d) A sculpture.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pills does Jolene give Beth before her chess match in Chapter 2?

2. How does Jolene gain access to green pills?

3. How many students does Beth beat at chess at Mr. Ganz’s school?

4. Who is the tallest girl at the orphanage that Beth meets when she first arrives?

5. Where is the orphanage located?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Beth attempt to steal pills from the pharmacy?

3. How does the reader know that Beth stole pills from Mrs. Wheatley?

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

5. Where is Beth placed, initially, at her first chess tournament? Why?

6. How does Beth lose her fear of volleyball?

7. Why does Beth push past her fear of Mr. Shaibel?

8. What is Beth’s punishment for attempting to stealing green pills?

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

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

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