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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following children is the youngest?

2. What is piezoelectric quartz?

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

4. Why don't the Curies ask the university or French government for a grant?

5. What position does Monsieur Sklodovska accept after his retirement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What killed Marie?

2. What seems to be intruding on the Polish schools and in what way have things changed?

3. What is Marie appointed to and what does she publish?

4. Where do Manya and Hela attend school and what kind of school is it?

5. What does Monsieur Sklodovska represent?

6. What has Marie ruled out of her life and why has she ruled it out?

7. Who is Casimir Dluski and what is this character suspected of doing?

8. What happens when Marie is told that Pierre has been killed?

9. How does Marie treat the German physicists after the war?

10. What realization do Marie and Pierre come to about their own needs and where do they think they can get it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the many tragedies in Marie's life change her? Which tragedies affect her the most? Why do you believe these were the most important in her life?

Essay Topic 2

What role did the Russian occupation of Poland play a role in Marie's young life? Do you think that she would have continued on with her discoveries had this oppression not existed? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of poverty described and developed throughout the novel? Do you feel that Marie ever overcomes true poverty? Why or why not?

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