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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What grade does Beth attend at her new school?

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

4. About what does Mrs. Deardorff rave to the strangers Beth is introduce to in Chapter 3?

5. What is the man's response when Beth says she wants to be put in the Open in her first chess tournament?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Beth steal money from Mrs. Wheatley?

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

3. What does Beth use to fall asleep at night? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Beth gets involved with several men. Describe her relationships with them. What similarities are there? How does the man’s intelligence and ability or inability to play chess influence her feelings for them? How do her physical relationships compare to other relationships she has?

Essay Topic 2

Beth’s life changes quite a bit when she is adopted in Chapter Three. Why might this odd couple have chosen to adopt Beth? How does she feel about adoption? What might be her favorite thing about adoption? What does this reveal about Beth?

Essay Topic 3

Beth is insecure in many ways. What are a few of them? How do you know this? In what is she secure? In what ways is she confident? How does learning make her confident? What can be learned by this?

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