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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the question that Jolene asks Beth, when she first meets her?
2. To whom is Beth introduced in Chapter 3?
3. How many chess boards can Beth visualize playing at once?
4. What is the first reason Mr. Shaibel gives for why he will not play chess with Beth?
5. What does everyone eat on Fridays?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the reader know that Beth stole pills from Mrs. Wheatley?
2. What is the punishment for cursing? How does Beth know that what Ralph shouts from the Boys’ Ward is probably a bad word?
3. Why does Beth push past her fear of Mr. Shaibel?
4. How does Beth lose her fear of volleyball?
5. What do both Mr. Shaibel and Mr. Ganz think of Beth? Why?
6. What does Beth think and do when a nice couple with an accent comes in to adopt a child?
7. How does Beth describe the Wheatleys?
8. Why does Beth attempt to steal pills from the pharmacy?
9. Where is Beth placed, initially, at her first chess tournament? Why?
10. What do most of the chess players at the tournament have in common?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 13, Beth gives up the money given to her by Christian Crusade. Why? What does this reveal about her? Has she ever acted in a way such as this previously in the book? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
There is much focus on Beth being a girl. Why might this be a focus by those who write articles about her? What does this say about the time period? How can we relate to this still today?
Essay Topic 3
Beth is placed in an orphanage early on in the book. What were orphanages like during this time period? Why might they have been this way? Based on the information given in the book, how did institutions such as this one affect the children in them? How might they have also affected the adults who worked there?
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