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

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 compass.
(c) A chemistry set.
(d) A baseball bat.

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

3. What reason does Hermann give for moving his family to Munich?
(a) His parents are close by.
(b) His wife is happier there.
(c) He needs a job.
(d) He wants his son to get a good education.

4. A boy in the coffee shop makes fun of Einstein as an absent-minded professor. How does the shop owner respond?
(a) He laughs and joins in on the joke.
(b) He throws the boy out of his shop.
(c) He reproves the boy and says Einstein is the smartest man in the world.
(d) He ignores the comment.

5. Mrs. Einstein thinks her young son's problems are perhaps due to what?
(a) He is a sickly child.
(b) He is a bad kid.
(c) He doesn't understand English.
(d) He is slow in learning to speak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Einstein's responses to the people he meets during the course of chapter one suggest what about his character?

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

3. During dinner, Maja tells her parents that her brother likes to do what?

4. Miss Dukas reproves Einstein for doing what toward the end of Chapter One?

5. What does Einstein say he thinks is the result of seeing the charm on his father's watch?

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