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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pills does Beth take to help her sleep the night before her match with Benny in Ohio?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 5.

2. What does Beth not know about the winner of the U.S. Open champion?
(a) He or she gets to train with the best players from around the world.
(b) He or she must defend his or her title the following year.
(c) He or she wins a lifelong membership to the National Chess Organization.
(d) He or she is invited to compete in Moscow.

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

5. Why does Beth sleep with one of her classmates at the college party?
(a) He is an excellent chess player.
(b) He will pay her.
(c) He speaks Russian very well.
(d) She finds him attractive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Benny and Beth are out to dinner?

2. Where is Beth’s second tournament?

3. When does Harry Beltic decide it is time to move out of Beth's home?

4. At the tournament in Vegas, the ballroom was set up for 70 chess players, and Beth was at what board?

5. How does Benny pay his rent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Beth feel, at first, at the college party?

2. Why does Beth still feel like an outsider in chess in Chapter 6?

3. How does Harry Beltik help improve Beth skills at chess?

4. How does Beth feel about seeing Townes again in Chapter 6?

5. How does Beth beat Benny in Chapter 10?

6. How does Beth play against Benny at skittles in Chapter 10?

7. How does Beth respond to the article in Life Magazine?

8. Why is Beth feeling as if her time with Benny is coming to an end at the end of Chapter 11?

9. What does Beth do for the first time at the college party?

10. How does Beth feel about Borgov?

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