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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During dinner, Maja tells her parents that her brother likes to do what?
(a) Make up songs and sing them.
(b) Play in the sand pile.
(c) Throw rocks at animals.
(d) Pick on other children.

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Four, Einstein makes friends from other countries at his new school. What affect do their stories have on him?

2. What does Einstein say he thinks is the result of seeing the charm on his father's watch?

3. Why is the hometown of the boy waiting on the porch significant to Einstein?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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