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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marie look back on these years with her exhaustion and chronic worry about money?
(a) The most perfect years of her life.
(b) The worst years of her life.
(c) The most difficult years of her life.
(d) The most surprising years of her life.

2. What does Bronya tell her father to do with some of the money her father has set aside?
(a) Move the family to Paris.
(b) Send Manya to school.
(c) Pay back Manya.
(d) Find a better house.

3. As Marie Curie reflected back on her life what did she indicate was necessary in order to build a better world?
(a) Social progress.
(b) Self-discovery.
(c) Improving the individual.
(d) Self-guided principles.

4. How many scientific communications do the Curies publish between 1899 and 1904?
(a) 32.
(b) 25.
(c) 10.
(d) 50.

5. What are the boys in the opening scene of the story playing with?
(a) Toy vehicles.
(b) Toy animals.
(c) Marbles.
(d) Wooden blocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Monsieur Sklodovska follow in regards to his career?

2. Why doesn't Marie go with Pierre to the Royal Society?

3. Which is the most accurate description of the manner in which Pierre is walking on the day he died?

4. How do her employers treat Manya?

5. When does Manya finish her secondary studies?

(see the answer key)

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