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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. Why does Manya stay working as the governess with Casimir's family?
(a) She cannot bear to be away from Casimir.
(b) She cannot find another job that pays as much.
(c) The family asks her to stay to prevent scandal.
(d) She wants to convince them to approve of the marriage.

2. Which of the children died from typhus?
(a) Hela.
(b) Zosia.
(c) Bronya.
(d) Joseph.

3. Which of the following is the best definition for the term kuligs?
(a) Books read in isolation.
(b) Carnivals lasting several days.
(c) Country wildflowers.
(d) Special dishes cooked for birthdays.

4. How do the Curies pay for the residue of the pitchblende they receive from the mines?
(a) Their own savings.
(b) University money.
(c) Borrowed money from a bank loan.
(d) Borrowed money from their siblings.

5. What does Marie call the second of the new elements she and Pierre discovered?
(a) Thorium.
(b) Polonium.
(c) Uranium.
(d) Radium.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Manya find her own friends?

2. What is Manya's dream at this time in her life?

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

4. How do the Curies discover radium's luminosity?

5. What was the monument erected to represent?

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