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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Marie donate to the lab that she does not want taken?
(a) Her logs and notes.
(b) Pierre's memoirs.
(c) Her first gram of radium.
(d) Her own sweat and tears.

2. Where does Manya go to escape from her troubles?
(a) Books.
(b) School.
(c) The river.
(d) Church.

3. What caused Pierre's career to suffer?
(a) His idealism.
(b) His need to always be in control.
(c) His location in Paris.
(d) His attraction to Marie.

4. What is pitchblende?
(a) A uranium core.
(b) A combination of radium and polonium.
(c) A polonium based metal.
(d) A radium core.

5. What does Manya indicate she feels for the first time when her father sends her to the country as a reward?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Realism.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Relief.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do her employers treat Manya?

2. What is the main area that Manya has found her interest waning in since she arrived in Paris?

3. What revives Marie's nature and fervor to return to work?

4. What does Manya find herself ecstatic with even though she has holes in her math and physics skills?

5. Why does Manya stay working as the governess with Casimir's family?

(see the answer key)

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