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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Chapter One, what odd experience does Einstein have in Germany before he leaves?
(a) He is first celebrated and then declared a traitor.
(b) He is pursued by the media.
(c) His whole family dies of a mysterious illness.
(d) The whole country hates him.

4. 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?
(a) English.
(b) Swedish.
(c) Italian.
(d) German.

5. Mrs. Einstein worries that her son has difficulty in school. What reason does she NOT mention for being worried?
(a) He is disrespectful.
(b) He spends too much time dreaming.
(c) He is shy.
(d) No one knows what to expect from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Miss Dukas let the strange boy waiting for Einstein on the porch come inside the house?

2. The author says that Albert and Maja resemble each other strongly except for one feature. What is different about the children?

3. Albert's mother usually lets him stay up late to listen to music, but tonight she sends him to bed. Why?

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

5. Whom does Hermann suggest his son ask about the compass?

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