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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Beth feel when she hears the words “mother” and “dead"?
(a) Those words are unbearable.
(b) She feels numb.
(c) She is inconsolable.
(d) Those words are meaningless to her.

2. Where is the first chess tournament Beth ever take place in held?
(a) In a mall.
(b) In a large classroom.
(c) In a convention center.
(d) In a gymnasium.

3. Who is the best volleyball player?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Beth.
(c) Jolene.
(d) Alice.

4. What does everyone eat on Fridays?
(a) Fish.
(b) Cake.
(c) Mush.
(d) Steak.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Deardorff threaten if the children do not to eat every bite?

2. Who gives the children their pills?

3. What happens to Beth at the tournament in Chapter 4, that she realizes in the bathroom?

4. What does Mrs. Deardorff think about Beth playing chess with the janitor?

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

(see the answer key)

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