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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the last few pages of Chapter One, how long does Einstein say it takes for him to gain a world reputation?
(a) A decade.
(b) Almost overnight.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

2. During dinner, Maja tells her parents that her brother likes to do what?
(a) Play in the sand pile.
(b) Throw rocks at animals.
(c) Make up songs and sing them.
(d) Pick on other children.

3. Why does Hermann Einstein know more about science than the average businessman?
(a) His son teaches him.
(b) His factory produces electrical and chemical supplies.
(c) He has read a great deal about science.
(d) He has a PhD in chemistry.

4. Albert's nursery governess says what about her experience taking the children to the park?
(a) It usually starts raining by the time they get there.
(b) Maja starts fights with other children.
(c) Albert always refuses to play with other children.
(d) She spends all her time knitting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A boy in the coffee shop makes fun of Einstein as an absent-minded professor. How does the shop owner respond?

2. Chapter Two ends with Mrs. Einstein expressing her desire that her son becomes what?

3. Einstein tells Miss Dukas he let the boy from the porch in for what purpose?

4. In Chapter Two, the reader learns that Hermann Einstein does what for a living?

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

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