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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. What surprises Beth about Mrs. Wheatley?
(a) How composed she is.
(b) How loving she is.
(c) How well she can lie.
(d) How smart she is.

2. What is NOT a punishment given to Beth for stealing the pills?
(a) She is beaten.
(b) No chess.
(c) No movies on Saturdays.
(d) No recess.

3. How many students does Beth beat at chess at Mr. Ganz’s school?
(a) None of them.
(b) Five of them.
(c) All of them.
(d) One of them.

4. Who is the best volleyball player?
(a) Beth.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Jolene.
(d) Alice.

5. How does Chapter 3 begin?
(a) With Beth playing chess.
(b) With Beth in Mrs. Deardorff's office.
(c) With Beth taking green pills.
(d) With Beth getting adopted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Beth store the pills she is collecting?

2. How does one get a rating in chess?

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

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

5. What do the children who have been at the orphanage for a long time call themselves?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Beth describe the Wheatleys?

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

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

4. What are all the children given at the orphanage in little paper cups? Why? How does Beth feel about this?

5. How does Beth‘s life at the home improve at the end of Chapter 2?

6. How do the majority of the players react to Beth’s chess skills at her first tournament?

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

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

9. How was Beth able to beat all of Mr. Ganz’s chess students?

10. What are the two reasons Mr. Shaibel gives for why he, at first, refuses to allow Beth to play chess with him?

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