Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Marie ignore all of her health issues?
(a) She is not speaking to her family.
(b) To focus only on studying.
(c) Because she cannot afford to treat her condition.
(d) She cannot remember her symptoms.
2. Why does Marie need to get up very early in the morning?
(a) To take Pierre to work.
(b) To pay the bills.
(c) To do her own chores.
(d) To go to the market.
3. Which of the following isn't one of the words Manya picks up on from overheard conversations?
(a) Tsar.
(b) Deportation.
(c) Revolt.
(d) Police.
4. How many years younger is Manya than her classmates?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.
5. What is the main area that Manya has found her interest waning in since she arrived in Paris?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Young men.
(c) Family relationships.
(d) Physics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why don't the Curies ask the university or French government for a grant?
2. What has Marie ruled out of her life?
3. What research is Pierre conducting that he abandons to help Marie?
4. How does Manya describe her first post as governess?
5. What does Manya find herself ecstatic with even though she has holes in her math and physics skills?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Marie treat the German physicists after the war?
2. Who invites Pierre to give a lecture on radium and why is it special that Marie attends with him?
3. What does Mademoiselle Mayer believe about Manya and what does she do to Manya because of this belief?
4. Where does Manya begin going to school and what is dangerous about her attending this school?
5. Who is Casimir Dluski and what is this character suspected of doing?
6. What has happened to Marie's health and what caused these effects?
7. What killed Marie?
8. What are Marie's plans after she passes her examinations and how do her plans change?
9. What do Irene and Eve learn about their mother on that first trip to America?
10. Where does Marie go to live on her own and how much does she have to live on?
This section contains 624 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |