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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Hermann Einstein pleased when his son displays interest in the pocket watch?
(a) He is glad his son can tell time.
(b) He is happy that the Albert is sorry for his behavior.
(c) Albert usually throws a temper tantrum when in trouble.
(d) Albert seldom expresses interest about anything.

2. At the time this story takes place, Einstein is living in what country?
(a) United States.
(b) Germany.
(c) Spain.
(d) Italy.

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

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

5. The boy Miss Dukas leaves on the porch mentions to Einstein that his family all die in concentration camps, and that he is from what city?
(a) Ulm.
(b) Munich.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Einstein mentions that his father shows him a charm on a watch chain when he is about five. What is the charm?

2. Toward the end of Chapter One, Einstein finds a boy waiting for him on the porch. In what language does the boy speak to him?

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

4. What does Einstein tell the boy from the porch that he remembers best about Munich?

5. What reason does Hermann give for moving his family to Munich?

(see the answer key)

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