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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is Beth introduced in Chapter 3?
(a) New teachers.
(b) New chess coaches.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Wheatley.
(d) New students.

2. How does Chapter 3 begin?
(a) With Beth playing chess.
(b) With Beth taking green pills.
(c) With Beth getting adopted.
(d) With Beth in Mrs. Deardorff's office.

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

4. How does Jolene gain access to green pills?
(a) She has been hoarding pills for years.
(b) She steals them from the pharmacy.
(c) She sweet-talks Mrs. Deardorff.
(d) She and Mr. Fergussen are friendly.

5. In Chapter 2, why is Beth pulled from the movie the girls are watching?
(a) To get more green pills.
(b) To meet her new parents.
(c) To go to Mrs. Deardorff’s office.
(d) To play chess.

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

7. How many of Mr. Ganz’s students does Beth have to play?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

8. What does Mrs. Deardorff think about Beth playing chess with the janitor?
(a) It is inappropriate.
(b) It is pathetic.
(c) It is most irregular.
(d) It is very kind.

9. Why does Beth tell Jolene she is sorry?
(a) That Jolene is not also being adopted.
(b) She stole money from Jolene.
(c) She had cursed at Jolene.
(d) She hurt her feelings.

10. What is the question that Jolene asks Beth, when she first meets her?
(a) How old are you?
(b) Why are you not adopted yet?
(c) Where are you from?
(d) You a real orphan or a bastard?

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

12. Why is Beth told she has to start in the beginner group in her first chess tournament?
(a) She is under eighteen years old.
(b) She is a girl.
(c) She does not have a rating.
(d) She has no guardian present.

13. How many students does Beth beat at chess at Mr. Ganz’s school?
(a) None of them.
(b) One of them.
(c) All of them.
(d) Five of them.

14. What job does Mr. Shaibel have at the orphanage?
(a) He is the pharmacist.
(b) He is the janitor.
(c) He is the gardener.
(d) He is a teacher.

15. When Beth thinks about what Ralph said, what does she picture?
(a) A snake.
(b) A dog.
(c) A mean person.
(d) A woodpecker.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What grade does Beth attend at her new school?

4. When Beth steals green pills from the pharmacy, how many does she take?

5. When Beth leaves her first chess tournament at ten o'clock, how many, including her, are undefeated?

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