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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Albert glad that his uncle doesn't ask about his friends at school?
(a) He is too busy with his friends to focus on schoolwork.
(b) He doesn't think he needs friends.
(c) The other boys think he's stupid.
(d) He hates the other kids.

2. What nickname do the boys at school give Albert?
(a) Dumb Albie.
(b) Nosey Bertie.
(c) Honest John.
(d) Evil Einstein.

3. In Chapter Two, the reader learns that Hermann Einstein does what for a living?
(a) Writes a newspaper.
(b) He is a factory owner.
(c) He is unemployed.
(d) Travels around giving speeches.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Albert tells his uncle that being in school is like what?

3. Why is Albert kicked out of school in Chapter Two?

4. Mrs. Einstein thinks her young son's problems are perhaps due to what?

5. When Mrs. Einstein asks how Albert gets his nickname at school, what does he tell her?

(see the answer key)

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