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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the children has gone to study medicine?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Manya.
(c) Bronya.
(d) Hela.

2. How old is Marie when she makes her first trip to America?
(a) 45.
(b) 54.
(c) 72.
(d) 60.

3. How are Marie and Pierre similar?
(a) Both are from Poland.
(b) Both are married to their work.
(c) Both like to be near their family.
(d) Both have sisters.

4. What tic does Marie develop?
(a) She picks the skin away from her hands.
(b) She constantly coughs.
(c) She rubs her burned fingers together.
(d) She jerks her head from side to side.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Sklodovskas switch to education?

2. About how many of the "little Curies" did Marie personally create by the end of the war?

3. What decision does Marie come to as the Germans continue to advance?

4. What balance do the Curies find disrupted by their newfound famous status?

5. How does the American public rank Marie Curie which her children see for the first time?

(see the answer key)

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