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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Benny as a trainer?
(a) Energetic and enthusiastic.
(b) Not as good as Beth had hoped.
(c) Tough and demanding.
(d) Creative and innovative.

2. The tournament in Chapter 10 consisted mostly of who?
(a) Grandmasters.
(b) Women.
(c) Masters.
(d) Amatuers.

3. What does Mr. Wheatley give Beth?
(a) Two week notice to move out of the house.
(b) Money.
(c) A gift.
(d) The house.

4. What does Townes want to do for Beth, while at the tournament in Las Vegas?
(a) He wants to write an article for their local Lexington Sunday paper.
(b) He wants to tutor her.
(c) He wants to ask her to date him.
(d) He wants to take her on a sightseeing tour.

5. When does Chapter 11 begin?
(a) A week after the tournament.
(b) Saturday afternoon at the tournament ceremony.
(c) Saturday evening after the tournament ceremony.
(d) Saturday morning before the tournament ceremony.

6. What does Harry Beltik feel about Beth winning through her own intuition?
(a) She can win every time.
(b) She cannot win every time.
(c) She should only trust her intuition.
(d) She cannot trust her intuition.

7. When Beth’s classmates see her picture in the magazine, what does one of her classmates do?
(a) He asks her for her autograph.
(b) He laughs at her.
(c) He gives her a high five.
(d) He starts chanting her name.

8. Of what does Beth remind herself regarding Benny?
(a) He is brilliant but not unbeatable.
(b) He is handsome but not skilled at chess.
(c) He is not as smart as she is.
(d) He is not as good at chess as her.

9. How does Beth feel when she hears Benny Watts talking to another player?
(a) She feels shy and unsure of herself.
(b) She feels angry that he is talking to someone else and not her.
(c) She knows she is an outsider, being female, and this causes an unpleasant feeling.
(d) She feels excited to be a famous chess player.

10. Beth feels how the tournament in Chapter 10 is second-rate, as chess does not have the popularity of what sports?
(a) Baseball or tennis.
(b) Gymnastics or swimming.
(c) Football or basketball.
(d) Golf or tennis.

11. Where must Beth go to train with Benny?
(a) Lexington.
(b) New York.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Las Vegas.

12. What does Beth NOT do before leaving the party house?
(a) Writes a love note to her classmate.
(b) She cleans up the house.
(c) She cleans or airs out her clothes.
(d) She drinks quite a bit more.

13. Why do Beth and Benny end up only playing games out of books?
(a) They are tired of playing chess with eachother.
(b) Beth cannot beat Benny.
(c) Benny can no longer beat Beth.
(d) Beth needs to improve her chess history knowledge.

14. When does Harry Beltic decide it is time to move out of Beth's home?
(a) When he has enough money to get his own apartment.
(b) When he and Beth start to argue.
(c) When he has found a new girlfriend.
(d) When he can no longer beat her at chess.

15. Who picks Beth and Mrs. Wheatley up from the airport in Chapter 8?
(a) Juan.
(b) Jose.
(c) Manuel.
(d) Diego.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Allston suggest Alma be buried?

2. How old is Beth at the end of Chapter 5?

3. Beth spent the weekend at the party house, although the owners spent the remainder of the weekend where?

4. Although she and Benny would be co-champions and split the prize money, Beth is not consoled. Why?

5. What does Beth not know about the winner of the U.S. Open champion?

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