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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Einstein tell the boy from the porch that he remembers best about Munich?
(a) Fighting on the playground.
(b) Walking to school everyday.
(c) Playing with his sister in the front yard.
(d) Listening to his mother play Beethoven on the piano.

2. How does Uncle Jake feel when Albert admits how he feels about school?
(a) Sad.
(b) Secretly sympathetic.
(c) Angry.
(d) Annoyed.

3. Whom does Hermann suggest his son ask about the compass?
(a) Cousin Elma.
(b) His mother.
(c) His teacher.
(d) Uncle Jake.

4. At the time it is published, the popular saying about Einstein's famous theory is what?
(a) He is completely insane.
(b) The idea is an old one that everyone knows about.
(c) It changes the world.
(d) Only a dozen men in the world understand it.

5. Einstein's theory explains what about the sun?
(a) How it creates heat.
(b) How it first comes into existence.
(c) How it creates light.
(d) How it can send light and heat without burning out.

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

7. In Chapter Six, a friend offers Einstein three positions in Berlin. Which of the following is NOT offered?
(a) Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Berlin.
(b) The Science Institute of Berlin.
(c) Prussian Academy of Sciences of Berlin.
(d) University of Berlin.

8. Toward the end of Chapter Seven, Einstein's theory is finally ______.
(a) Proven ridiculous.
(b) Proven correct.
(c) Proven incorrect.
(d) Proven irrelevant.

9. What does Mileva say she misses about Switzerland during Chapter Six?
(a) Their friends are much nicer.
(b) People leave them alone.
(c) All races get along well together.
(d) Their house is better.

10. Shortly after the Einstein family relocates to Prague, Einstein is offered a full professorship where?
(a) His old Gymnasium in Munich.
(b) The Science Institute in Berlin.
(c) Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich.
(d) MIT in the USA.

11. What nickname do the boys at school give Albert?
(a) Dumb Albie.
(b) Honest John.
(c) Nosey Bertie.
(d) Evil Einstein.

12. Why is Hermann Einstein pleased when his son displays interest in the pocket watch?
(a) Albert seldom expresses interest about anything.
(b) Albert usually throws a temper tantrum when in trouble.
(c) He is happy that the Albert is sorry for his behavior.
(d) He is glad his son can tell time.

13. In the last few pages of Chapter One, how long does Einstein say it takes for him to gain a world reputation?
(a) Six months.
(b) Almost overnight.
(c) Two years.
(d) A decade.

14. 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?
(a) Dresden.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Ulm.
(d) Munich.

15. What does Einstein's theory tell us about time and space?
(a) Neither of them change.
(b) Neither of them matter.
(c) Neither go on forever in the same fixed way.
(d) Neither of them are measurable.

Short Answer Questions

1. During dinner, Maja tells her parents that her brother likes to do what?

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

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

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

5. Why is Albert kicked out of school in Chapter Two?

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