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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miss Dukas reproves Einstein for doing what toward the end of Chapter One?
(a) Going out without his socks.
(b) Drinking coffee at the coffee shop.
(c) Talking to too many people on his way home.
(d) Letting strangers into the house.

2. The two American scientists, Michelson and Morley, are trying to measure the speed of what?
(a) Time.
(b) Light.
(c) Comets.
(d) Sound.

3. In Chapter Four, Mileva is disgusted with the Kaiser because he says women should be concerned only with what?
(a) Sewing, Children, and Money.
(b) Kitchen, Church, and Children.
(c) Work, Church, and Husband.
(d) Family, Country, and Religion.

4. Why is Hermann annoyed when the family sits down to dinner in Chapter Two?
(a) The mashed potatoes are cold.
(b) The knife he is using is dull.
(c) His daughter is misbehaving.
(d) Albert does not come in for dinner.

5. Toward the end of Chapter One, Einstein finds a boy waiting for him on the porch. In what language does the boy speak to him?
(a) Swedish.
(b) Italian.
(c) English.
(d) German.

6. 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) He attends school there.
(c) It is also Einstein's hometown.
(d) His sister lives there.

7. What does Einstein tell the boy from the porch that he remembers best about Munich?
(a) Playing with his sister in the front yard.
(b) Listening to his mother play Beethoven on the piano.
(c) Walking to school everyday.
(d) Fighting on the playground.

8. After Albert is asked not to return to his school, Hermann tells his son that he can't support him anymore. Why?
(a) He is ready to retire.
(b) They no longer get along well.
(c) Albert is too old to live at home.
(d) His electrical shops fail.

9. How many students attend Einstein's first few lectures at the university in Chapter Six?
(a) 2.
(b) 35.
(c) 0.
(d) 180.

10. What kind of school does Einstein find in Aarau in Chapter Four?
(a) The same kind of school he attends in Munich.
(b) One where teachers really try to help their students learn.
(c) A difficult school where he quickly grows bored.
(d) A lazy place where teachers don't expect much of students.

11. What is the result of the total eclipse expeditions in Chapter Seven?
(a) They are unable to get the pictures needed.
(b) The total eclipse does not happen as scheduled.
(c) They get the pictures needed.
(d) The teams never gets to their destinations.

12. What reason does Albert give when asked why he doesn't ask his teachers questions?
(a) His teachers don't know the answers.
(b) Other kids make fun of him when he asks.
(c) They don't like him.
(d) He hates school.

13. Why doesn't Miss Dukas let the strange boy waiting for Einstein on the porch come inside the house?
(a) She thinks the boy tries to steal Einstein's work.
(b) She thinks the boy is trying to sell something.
(c) The boy is poor and dirty.
(d) She knows Einstein doesn't like doing interviews.

14. After he becomes a Swiss citizen, Einstein is able to secure a government job in what field?
(a) University.
(b) Postal Service.
(c) Congress.
(d) Patent Office.

15. Toward the end of Chapter Three, Albert tells his father that he wishes to attend what institution?
(a) The Science Institute in Berlin.
(b) Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich.
(c) His old Gymnasium in Munich.
(d) MIT in the USA.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Einstein mentions that his father shows him a charm on a watch chain when he is about five. What is the charm?

3. The Swiss schools are not anxious to hire Einstein for all BUT WHICH of the following reasons?

4. What is the most important part of school for Einstein's multi-cultural friends at his new school?

5. Toward the end of Chapter Seven, Einstein's theory is finally ______.

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