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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Beth able to get out of chapel in order to play chess?
(a) She asks permission to go to the restroom.
(b) She says she is sick and needs to lie down.
(c) She asks if she can help Mr. Shaibel.
(d) She sneaks out.

2. How is Beth orphaned?
(a) Her mother over-doses.
(b) Her mother commits suicide.
(c) Her mother disappears.
(d) Her mother dies in a car crash.

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

4. As Beth packs, she searched frantically for the one item that mattered the most. What is that item?
(a) Her mother's ring.
(b) A present from Jolene.
(c) Her book called Chess Openings.
(d) Her toothbrush holder filled with green pills.

5. When Beth leaves her first chess tournament at ten o'clock, how many, including her, are undefeated?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

6. How often is Beth given a tranquilizer?
(a) Twice a day.
(b) Once a day.
(c) As needed for anxiety.
(d) Once a week.

7. How old is Beth at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) She is 10.
(b) She is 16.
(c) She is almost 20.
(d) She is just two months shy of 13.

8. What surprises Beth about Mrs. Wheatley?
(a) How well she can lie.
(b) How composed she is.
(c) How loving she is.
(d) How smart she is.

9. Where is the orphanage located?
(a) Lexington, Kentucky.
(b) Louisville, Kentucky.
(c) Mount Sterling, Kentucky.
(d) Indianapolis, Indiana.

10. Who accompanies Miss Faley when she comes to check on Beth and her new family?
(a) Mrs. Deardorff.
(b) Jolene.
(c) Fergussen.
(d) Mr. Shaidel.

11. What does Ralph in the Boys’ Ward shout that catches Beth's attention?
(a) "You're all annoying!"
(b) "You're all jerks!"
(c) "You're all greedy bastards!"
(d) "You’re all greedy cocksuckers!"

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

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

14. Who is Beth's first opponent in her first chess tournament?
(a) Annette Packer.
(b) Annie Myatt.
(c) Sarah Fielding.
(d) Beltik.

15. What grade does Beth attend at her new school?
(a) Tenth grade.
(b) Fifth grade.
(c) Eighth grade.
(d) Seventh grade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the orphanage in which Beth is placed?

2. How does Jolene help Beth?

3. Where does Beth go when she leaves chapel?

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

5. Who gives the children their pills?

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