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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Einstein thinks her young son's problems are perhaps due to what?
(a) He is a sickly child.
(b) He is slow in learning to speak.
(c) He is a bad kid.
(d) He doesn't understand English.

2. Chapter Two ends with Mrs. Einstein expressing her desire that her son becomes what?
(a) A factory owner.
(b) A good father.
(c) A violinist.
(d) A professor.

3. Why is the hometown of the boy waiting on the porch significant to Einstein?
(a) He is friends with a woman who lives there.
(b) His sister lives there.
(c) He attends school there.
(d) It is also Einstein's hometown.

4. Why does the boy from the porch think Einstein might help him?
(a) They are related.
(b) They are both refugees.
(c) He is willing to pay.
(d) He can blackmail Einstein.

5. What reason does Hermann give for moving his family to Munich?
(a) He wants his son to get a good education.
(b) His wife is happier there.
(c) His parents are close by.
(d) He needs a job.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Einstein feel about Mileva's ambitions?

2. What reason does Albert give when asked why he doesn't ask his teachers questions?

3. During dinner, Maja tells her parents that her brother likes to do what?

4. Why is Albert glad that his uncle doesn't ask about his friends at school?

5. Albert's mother usually lets him stay up late to listen to music, but tonight she sends him to bed. Why?

(see the answer key)

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