Chemistry: A Novel Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What effect does the story about the piece of candy the narrator tells Eric at the end of the novel have? (from Pages 175 - 211)

It shows that she has moved on.

It shows that she identifies as more Chinese than American.

It reflects her desire to go to China.

It emphasizes how much his departure affected her emotionally.

2.

Why does the narrator contrast Clara and Fritz Haber with Marie and Pierre Curie? (from Pages 175 - 211)

Their marriages prove that the narrator and Eric would never have been happy.

One couple shows how science can make the world better, and the other shows how science can make the world worse.

She realizes that marriages can fall between the extremes of good and bad.

She laments that the wives in both marriage were mistreated by their husband.

3.

Why does the best friend bring up her husband's marriage proposal? (from Pages 175 - 211)

She regrets not realizing that the marriage would not work out at the time.

She cannot believe that a proposal that sounded so good could lead to a marriage that went so wrong.

She thinks its plainness may have been the start of the marriage's problems.

She remembers why they got married in the first place.

4.

How does the narrator describe her father's upbringing? (from Pages 1 - 30)

Her father grew up poor and studied hard to better himself.

Her father had family members who emigrated to the United States.

Her father's parents were engineers and pressured him to become one.

Her father's parents told him that he could become whatever he wanted.

5.

How does the narrator's father react to her getting into graduate school? (from Pages 66 - 108)

He shakes her hand and shows no other emotion.

He appears uninterested.

He tells her that he is proud of her.

He asks why she did not get into a better school.

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