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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 magazine interviews Beth?

2. What does Mr. Wheatley give Beth?

3. How many pills does Beth take to help her sleep the night before her match with Benny in Ohio?

4. In Chapter 6, Beth arrives at the U.S. Open in Las Vegas and is surprised about what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Beth feel about Borgov?

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

8. What does Beth think of the young chess prodigy in Mexico City?

9. What are two things that make Beth happy at the end of Chapter 7?

10. What does Benny’s apartment look like?

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’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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