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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. When does Harry Beltic decide it is time to move out of Beth's home?
(a) When he can no longer beat her at chess.
(b) When he has found a new girlfriend.
(c) When he has enough money to get his own apartment.
(d) When he and Beth start to argue.

2. What is Townes doing at the tournament?
(a) Writing an article about the tournament for Chess Review.
(b) Judging the tournament.
(c) Playing in the tournament.
(d) Acting as a commentator during the tournament.

3. What does Townes want to do for Beth, while at the tournament in Las Vegas?
(a) He wants to take her on a sightseeing tour.
(b) He wants to write an article for their local Lexington Sunday paper.
(c) He wants to ask her to date him.
(d) He wants to tutor her.

4. What makes Beth even happier than the graduation gift from Mrs. Wheatlhey?
(a) Graduating with honors.
(b) Graduating Suma Cum Laude.
(c) A chess rating of 2243.
(d) Having the summer off to do nothing.

5. Where is Beth’s second tournament?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Dallas.
(c) New York.
(d) Indianapolis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Beth knows that the best way to beat Benny is to get him where?

2. Who is the best chess player since Morphy?

3. At the tournament in Vegas, the ballroom was set up for 70 chess players, and Beth was at what board?

4. Of what does Beth remind herself regarding Benny?

5. Beth‘s third opponent in Chapter 8 shocks her. Why?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Beth feeling as if her time with Benny is coming to an end at the end of Chapter 11?

2. How does Beth react to not winning the tournament in Mexico City?

3. What does Beth do for the first time at the college party?

4. Why is Beth worried at the end of Chapter 5?

5. What does Benny’s apartment look like?

6. How does Beth respond to the article in Life Magazine?

7. How does Beth end up in New York?

8. What big chess tournaments are mentioned at the end of Chapter 7?

9. How does Beth feel, at first, at the college party?

10. How does Beth feel about the tournament in Ohio in Chapter 10?

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