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

2. Six-year-old named Alice came in a month after Beth and is adopted when?
(a) Three months later.
(b) Three weeks later.
(c) Three years later.
(d) Three days later.

3. How old is Jolene at the beginning of the book?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

4. Who is Beth's first opponent in her first chess tournament?
(a) Annie Myatt.
(b) Annette Packer.
(c) Beltik.
(d) Sarah Fielding.

5. Who is the tallest girl at the orphanage that Beth meets when she first arrives?
(a) Jolene.
(b) Alice.
(c) Josephine.
(d) Emily.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often is Beth given a tranquilizer?

2. What is NOT a punishment given to Beth for stealing the pills?

3. When at her first tournament, what is something that Beth does not know about regarding chess tournaments?

4. What class does Beth dislike the most?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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