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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Beth go when she leaves chapel?
(a) The basement.
(b) Her room.
(c) Outside.
(d) The bathroom.

2. Whom does Mrs. Wheatley say are the only girls that work?
(a) Ugly girls.
(b) Colored girls.
(c) Desperate girls.
(d) Poor girls.

3. When at her first tournament, what is something that Beth does not know about regarding chess tournaments?
(a) Who goes first.
(b) How to play against someone else.
(c) Chess clocks.
(d) How to keep score.

4. What do the children who have been at the orphanage for a long time call themselves?
(a) Loveless.
(b) Hopeless.
(c) Lifers.
(d) Full-time orphans.

5. From whom does Beth learn of her mother’s death?
(a) Her father.
(b) A woman with a clipboard.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) Her aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Beth feel when she hears the words “mother” and “dead"?

2. Why are the children given tranquilizers?

3. What excuse does Beth give to Mr. Ganz, so she can take the green pills given by Jolene?

4. What is the second reason Mr. Shaibel gives for why he will not play chess with Beth?

5. How many chess boards can Beth visualize playing at once?

(see the answer key)

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