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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the children takes over managing the household once Manya's mother dies?
(a) Manya.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Hela.
(d) Bronya.

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

3. What seems to be always near the surface among the Polish intelligentsia?
(a) Suppression.
(b) Secrecy.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Revolt.

4. Why don't the Curies buy large quantities of pitchblende?
(a) It is not safe to have large quantities.
(b) It is only found in Russia.
(c) It is too rare.
(d) It is too expensive.

5. How do the children earn their living as they finish school?
(a) Being a servant.
(b) Taking on boarders.
(c) Cleaning houses.
(d) Tutoring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Manya's personal ambition?

2. When does Manya finish her secondary studies?

3. Which of the following children is the youngest?

4. Which of the following isn't one of the words Manya picks up on from overheard conversations?

5. What do Manya and Kazia do when they pass the monument in Saxony Square?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Marie's one and only goal?

2. What causes Pierre to not get the post as a professor at the Sorbonne?

3. What does the money that Pierre receives allow Pierre to do and what does the publicity bring Marie and Pierre?

4. What happens when war breaks out?

5. Where does Marie now live and how does she spend her pension?

6. What influence did Marie's father-in-law have on Irene?

7. What is the history for Monsieur and Madame Sklodovska and how is their life currently?

8. What discovery does Marie make about radium?

9. What killed Marie?

10. What marks Manya's adolescence the most?

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