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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. How old is Beth at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) She is just two months shy of 13.
(b) She is almost 20.
(c) She is 16.
(d) She is 10.

2. How does one get a rating in chess?
(a) Play 1 game.
(b) Win 4 matches.
(c) Play 30 USCF tournaments and then wait 4 months.
(d) Play for 10 years.

3. What is the name of the orphanage in which Beth is placed?
(a) Kentucky Home.
(b) Miriam Home.
(c) Children's Home.
(d) Methuen Home.

4. How many pills does Jolene give Beth before her chess match in Chapter 2?
(a) 1.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. How does Beth feel when she hears the words “mother” and “dead"?
(a) Those words are meaningless to her.
(b) She is inconsolable.
(c) Those words are unbearable.
(d) She feels numb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beth think the chess game is the first time she ever sees it?

2. How old is Jolene at the beginning of the book?

3. How many chess boards can Beth visualize playing at once?

4. Why is Beth told she has to start in the beginner group in her first chess tournament?

5. To where is Beth moving?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the punishment for cursing? How does Beth know that what Ralph shouts from the Boys’ Ward is probably a bad word?

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

9. How does Beth describe the Wheatleys?

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

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