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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Einstein thinks her young son's problems are perhaps due to what?
(a) He is slow in learning to speak.
(b) He is a sickly child.
(c) He doesn't understand English.
(d) He is a bad kid.

2. Albert's nursery governess says what about her experience taking the children to the park?
(a) She spends all her time knitting.
(b) Maja starts fights with other children.
(c) It usually starts raining by the time they get there.
(d) Albert always refuses to play with other children.

3. Miss Dukas reproves Einstein for doing what toward the end of Chapter One?
(a) Going out without his socks.
(b) Talking to too many people on his way home.
(c) Letting strangers into the house.
(d) Drinking coffee at the coffee shop.

4. What does Einstein say he thinks is the result of seeing the charm on his father's watch?
(a) First arouses his interest in science.
(b) Creates his curiosity.
(c) Makes him hate his father.
(d) Drives him to study geology.

5. In Chapter Two, the reader learns that Hermann Einstein does what for a living?
(a) He is unemployed.
(b) Writes a newspaper.
(c) He is a factory owner.
(d) Travels around giving speeches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward the end of Chapter Two, Hermann finds Albert awake when he goes to check on the boy. Why does Albert say he's still awake?

2. Why doesn't Miss Dukas let the strange boy waiting for Einstein on the porch come inside the house?

3. The reader learns that Einstein helps a girl understand a math question. How is she going to repay him for his help?

4. Whom does Hermann suggest his son ask about the compass?

5. Why is Hermann annoyed when the family sits down to dinner in Chapter Two?

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