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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. What does everyone eat on Fridays?
2. What is the second reason Mr. Shaibel gives for why he will not play chess with Beth?
3. What does Ralph in the Boys’ Ward shout that catches Beth's attention?
4. How many pills does Jolene give Beth before her chess match in Chapter 2?
5. Where is the orphanage located?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are two things that Beth realizes she has figured out in the first chapter?
2. What do most of the chess players at the tournament have in common?
3. What does Beth think and do when a nice couple with an accent comes in to adopt a child?
4. What do both Mr. Shaibel and Mr. Ganz think of Beth? Why?
5. What is Beth’s punishment for attempting to stealing green pills?
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 all the children given at the orphanage in little paper cups? Why? How does Beth feel about this?
8. How do the majority of the players react to Beth’s chess skills at her first tournament?
9. Why does Beth push past her fear of Mr. Shaibel?
10. What does Beth use to fall asleep at night? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is Beth drawn to the game of chess? How does she feel when she plays? How does this compare to her level of self-esteem the rest of her life? How does her attitude about herself influence her love of chess?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Beth has her first taste of beer in Chapter 6 and compares the sensation of being drunk to taking the tranquilizer pills. What does this need for drugs say about Beth? How does this reflect an addictive personality? What other aspects of her life also show she has an addictive personality?
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