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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the children died from typhus?
(a) Zosia.
(b) Hela.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Bronya.

2. Why was one of Manya's classmates brothers hanged?
(a) Plotting against Russia.
(b) Speaking Polish.
(c) Refusing to follow the school mistress.
(d) Teaching the girls forbidden things.

3. What does Manya offer to God in place of her mother?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her apples.
(c) Her books.
(d) Her father.

4. What position does Monsieur Sklodovska accept after his retirement?
(a) Teacher of the poor.
(b) Director of boarding house.
(c) Assassin.
(d) Director of a reform school.

5. Who is Manya's first romance with?
(a) Her sister's best friend.
(b) A friend of her fathers.
(c) A boy from her brother's school.
(d) Her employer's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Manya's personal ambition?

2. Why did the Sklodovskas switch to education?

3. What did Mademoiselle Mayer catch Manya and her friend doing that caused a great conflict between the two of them?

4. What does Bronya tell her father to do with some of the money her father has set aside?

5. Which of the following is the best definition for the term kuligs?

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