Assessment
use "chess everything" to answer questions 5-8.
which is the best summary of the text?
when sofia brings a chess set home from school, her father's excitement surprises her. he recalls
what chess once meant to him and sits down to teach her.
8 sofia's teacher wants the students in her class to join the chess club. sofia asks her father it he
thinks she should join, but he says the decision is up to her.
bringing home a chess set teaches sofia about her grandfather. he was fond of saying "chess
everything! " because he viewed chess as a metaphor for life.
solia's father grew up in russia, but he rarely talks about it. one day he reveals that her grandfather
was a chess master who played many difficult opponents