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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During Chapter Two, Albert tells his father that he wants something specific for his upcoming birthday. What is it?
(a) A horse.
(b) A chemistry set.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A compass.

2. During dinner in Chapter Two, why is Mrs. Einstein impatient for the children to get finished with dinner?
(a) Her husband's employees are coming to enjoy some music.
(b) They are having dessert.
(c) She and her husband have a date.
(d) Albert needs to do his homework.

3. Why is the hometown of the boy waiting on the porch significant to Einstein?
(a) He is friends with a woman who lives there.
(b) It is also Einstein's hometown.
(c) He attends school there.
(d) His sister lives there.

4. Chapter Two ends with Mrs. Einstein expressing her desire that her son becomes what?
(a) A good father.
(b) A factory owner.
(c) A violinist.
(d) A professor.

5. Einstein has a medical issue in Chapter Ten. While in Switzerland, he has a ___________.
(a) Broken hip.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Brain tumor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hermann annoyed when the family sits down to dinner in Chapter Two?

2. During Chapter Nine, how does Mrs. Einstein begin to feel about their fame?

3. At the time this story takes place, Einstein is living in what country?

4. Einstein mentions during the Berlin gift nonsense that it "becomes an excuse for many people for the best thing there is in life:________".

5. After Einstein becomes famous, the visitors coming to the house want a variety of things. Which of the following is NOT one of their demands?

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