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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the celebrity status ruin for Marie causing her to become depressed?
(a) Her trust.
(b) Her nerves.
(c) Her marriage.
(d) Her children.

2. 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.

3. What is one of Manya, Aunt Lucia and Hela's favorite activities?
(a) Telling Polish stories.
(b) Buying apples.
(c) Reading from the Bible.
(d) Going to Church.

4. Where does Manya find her own friends?
(a) Other Polish students in the Latin Quarter.
(b) Her sister's friends.
(c) The peasants of the city.
(d) Russian immigrants in Paris.

5. How many elements do Marie and Pierre come to realize radioactivity is concentrated in besides those already identified?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pierre study at the School of Physics and Chemistry in Paris?

2. What does Marie decide to pursue her doctorate in?

3. What is piezoelectric quartz?

4. What patent could the Curies obtain?

5. What ultimately kills Pierre?

(see the answer key)

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