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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Marie need to get up very early in the morning?
(a) To take Pierre to work.
(b) To do her own chores.
(c) To go to the market.
(d) To pay the bills.

3. Why does Marie ignore all of her health issues?
(a) She cannot remember her symptoms.
(b) Because she cannot afford to treat her condition.
(c) To focus only on studying.
(d) She is not speaking to her family.

4. What is piezoelectric quartz?
(a) A device used for measuring small amounts of electricity.
(b) A device to turn rocks into quartz.
(c) A device used for clarifying the value of quartz crystals.
(d) A device used to define the measurements of crystals.

5. What is one of Manya, Aunt Lucia and Hela's favorite activities?
(a) Buying apples.
(b) Telling Polish stories.
(c) Going to Church.
(d) Reading from the Bible.

6. What was the monument erected to represent?
(a) Those who betrayed Poland to ally with Russia.
(b) Those that were great Polish leaders.
(c) Those that were great Russian leaders.
(d) Those that were heros of Poland.

7. What does Manya enter for the first time during this time period in her life?
(a) Laboratory.
(b) Hospital.
(c) School.
(d) Museum.

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

9. What does the Curies' doctor warn Marie of?
(a) Eating right.
(b) Taking more time to rest.
(c) Tubercular lesion.
(d) Baby's seizure disorder.

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

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

12. Why is Manya always chosen to answer the inspector's questions?
(a) She speaks Russian perfectly and is knowledgeable.
(b) She is the most respectful to the inspector.
(c) She can tell lies perfectly in Russian.
(d) She is the youngest in the class and therefore impressive.

13. Who agrees to move in with Marie and Pierre to help them with the new child?
(a) Pierre's father.
(b) Marie's father.
(c) Marie's brother.
(d) Pierre's sister.

14. Who is Manya's first romance with?
(a) Her sister's best friend.
(b) Her employer's son.
(c) A boy from her brother's school.
(d) A friend of her fathers.

15. What does Manya experience as soon as she leaves her books?
(a) A return of her sadness.
(b) A desire to help her mother.
(c) An anger at the Russians.
(d) A longing to flee her life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Curies have to now prove?

2. How many elements do Marie and Pierre come to realize radioactivity is concentrated in besides those already identified?

3. How does Manya consider herself intellectually?

4. What has impeded the atmosphere at the schools in Poland?

5. What medical condition does Marie suffer from due to her diet?

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