ELA LAB: Rules of the Game — Section 3 Review

Questions

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1. 1What does "adversary" mean?
   AAn opponent or enemy

   BA close friend

   CA type of game piece

   DA prize or reward
2. 2What does "foresight" mean?
   AThe ability to predict what will happen in the future

   BThe ability to remember the past

   CThe ability to see far away

   DThe ability to read quickly
3. 3What does "obscured" mean?
   AHidden or made unclear

   BMade brighter

   CExplained in detail

   DShouted out loud
4. 4What does "withheld" mean?
   AHeld back; not given

   BGiven away freely

   CThrown away

   DShared with everyone
5. 5In the word "unable," what does the prefix un- mean?
   ANot

   BAgain

   CBefore

   DOver
6. 6In the word "weaknesses," what does the suffix -ness mean?
   AThe state or quality of being something

   BA person who does something

   CA small amount of something

   DThe opposite of something
7. 7Who teaches Waverly to play chess?
   AHer brothers first, then an old man in the park

   BHer mother

   CA teacher at school

   DNo one — she teaches herself from a book alone
8. 8Where does Waverly practice and improve her chess skills?
   AAt the park

   BAt school

   CAt a chess club downtown

   DAt her grandparents' house
9. 9Why does Waverly keep her reasons for playing to herself?
   AShe wants to keep her own motivation and strategy private

   BShe's ashamed of playing chess

   CHer mother has forbidden her from playing

   DShe doesn't actually enjoy chess
10. 10Why is this section called rising action?
    ABecause tension builds as Waverly works toward a goal

    BBecause it introduces the setting

    CBecause it's the story's turning point

    DBecause it wraps up the story