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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 does Beth feel when she watches the top players play chess at her first tournament?
(a) Thrilled.
(b) Bored.
(c) Angry.
(d) Nervous.

2. What does Ralph in the Boys’ Ward shout that catches Beth's attention?
(a) "You're all greedy bastards!"
(b) "You're all jerks!"
(c) "You're all annoying!"
(d) "You’re all greedy cocksuckers!"

3. What is the second reason Mr. Shaibel gives for why he will not play chess with Beth?
(a) He does not know how to play chess well enough.
(b) Girls do not play chess.
(c) He does not like chess.
(d) He does not like girls.

4. As Beth packs, she searched frantically for the one item that mattered the most. What is that item?
(a) A present from Jolene.
(b) Her mother's ring.
(c) Her book called Chess Openings.
(d) Her toothbrush holder filled with green pills.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Jolene help Beth?

3. Who accompanies Miss Faley when she comes to check on Beth and her new family?

4. How does Jolene gain access to green pills?

5. Every Tuesday, Miss Graham sends Beth down to the basement to do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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