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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. How many years younger is Manya than her classmates?

2. Why is Manya always chosen to answer the inspector's questions?

3. Why does Manya come to the conclusion that keeping a post in Warsaw is impossible?

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

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

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

4. What marks Manya's adolescence the most?

5. Why does Manya find her first experience as a governess to be an eye-opening one?

6. Where does Marie go to live on her own and how much does she have to live on?

7. What discovery does Marie make about radium?

8. What takes up most of Pierre's times and how does this help with the support of his family?

9. What discovery does Pierre make about radium and what is this discovery called?

10. How does Marie find international work and what continues to be her life-long ambition?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways is her celebrity status devastating to Marie? In what ways does Marie utilize her celebrity status? Do you approve of how Marie handled her status as a celebrity? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

How did France treat Marie from the beginning to the end? Should she have stayed loyal to France? Support your answers with information from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Marie rarely pays attention to her own health and in fact this lack of awareness ultimately kills her. What reasons do you believe Marie had for ignoring her own health? Do you think her decisions were wise? Why or why not?

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