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

2. What does Beth think the chess game is the first time she ever sees it?

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

4. What does Beth get in return for playing Mr. Ganz’s students?

5. To where is Beth moving?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the majority of the players react to Beth’s chess skills at her first tournament?

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

4. How is Beth able to get away for a length of time to play chess?

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

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

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

8. What are two things that Beth realizes she has figured out in the first chapter?

9. How does Beth describe the Wheatleys?

10. How does the reader first learn about Beth’s appearance? How does she describe herself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Addiction is a main idea in this book. How does the author first address it? How is Beth affected by her addictions? How does this reflect real, modern life?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 13, Beth gives up the money given to her by Christian Crusade. Why? What does this reveal about her? Has she ever acted in a way such as this previously in the book? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The relationship between Beth and Mrs. Wheatley begins to develop in Chapter 5. What jumpstarts their relationship? How does their relationship develop over the course of the book? What events lead to changes in their relationship?

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