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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 Harry Beltik feel about Beth winning through her own intuition?
(a) She cannot win every time.
(b) She can win every time.
(c) She should only trust her intuition.
(d) She cannot trust her intuition.

2. When does Chapter 11 begin?
(a) Saturday evening after the tournament ceremony.
(b) A week after the tournament.
(c) Saturday afternoon at the tournament ceremony.
(d) Saturday morning before the tournament ceremony.

3. How does Beth feel when she hears Benny Watts talking to another player?
(a) She feels angry that he is talking to someone else and not her.
(b) She feels excited to be a famous chess player.
(c) She feels shy and unsure of herself.
(d) She knows she is an outsider, being female, and this causes an unpleasant feeling.

4. Why does Beth call Allston Wheatley?
(a) To let him know that Alma is dead.
(b) To tell him she is coming to stay with him.
(c) To tell him to come to Mexico and help her.
(d) To inform him of her chess win.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Although she and Benny would be co-champions and split the prize money, Beth is not consoled. Why?

2. Where does Allston suggest Alma be buried?

3. How does Benny pay his rent?

4. Where must Beth go to train with Benny?

5. What does Beth not know about the winner of the U.S. Open champion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harry Beltik help improve Beth skills at chess?

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

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

4. How does Beth feel about losing to Benny Watts?

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

6. How do Beth’s and Mrs. Wheatley’s spending habits change throughout Chapter 5?

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

8. How does Beth feel about Mrs. Wheatley’s affair with Manuel?

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

10. What does Benny’s apartment look like?

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