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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During dinner in Chapter Two, why is Mrs. Einstein impatient for the children to get finished with dinner?
(a) Her husband's employees are coming to enjoy some music.
(b) They are having dessert.
(c) She and her husband have a date.
(d) Albert needs to do his homework.

2. Albert's mother usually lets him stay up late to listen to music, but tonight she sends him to bed. Why?
(a) She is tired of answering his questions.
(b) He is misbehaving all day.
(c) He is late for supper.
(d) His cheeks are flushed and she's worried he is getting a fever.

3. Einstein mentions that his father shows him a charm on a watch chain when he is about five. What is the charm?
(a) A compass.
(b) A fish.
(c) A dog.
(d) A planet.

4. During Chapter Two, Albert tells his father that he wants something specific for his upcoming birthday. What is it?
(a) A baseball bat.
(b) A horse.
(c) A compass.
(d) A chemistry set.

5. Einstein tells Miss Dukas he let the boy from the porch in for what purpose?
(a) The weather is getting worse.
(b) So that the boy can warm up and answer Einstein's questions.
(c) The boy brings Einstein's mail.
(d) To discuss an interesting theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hermann Einstein pleased when his son displays interest in the pocket watch?

2. Einstein's responses to the people he meets during the course of chapter one suggest what about his character?

3. The boy Miss Dukas leaves on the porch mentions to Einstein that his family all die in concentration camps, and that he is from what city?

4. Albert's nursery governess says what about her experience taking the children to the park?

5. At the opening of the book, what is the name of the street on which Einstein is walking?

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