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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Albert kicked out of school in Chapter Two?
(a) He makes rude comments about his teachers.
(b) He asks too many questions and makes the teacher look bad.
(c) He is absent too often.
(d) He starts too many fights.

2. Einstein's responses to the people he meets during the course of chapter one suggest what about his character?
(a) He thinks the other citizens are dumb and makes fun of them.
(b) He is known and respected by everyone, and doesn't think he's better than others.
(c) He knows he is smarter than everyone else, and goes out of his way to show it.
(d) No one knows who he is.

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

4. 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) Dresden.
(b) Munich.
(c) Ulm.
(d) Berlin.

5. Why does the boy from the porch think Einstein might help him?
(a) He can blackmail Einstein.
(b) They are related.
(c) He is willing to pay.
(d) They are both refugees.

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

3. Albert tells his uncle that being in school is like what?

4. Why is the hometown of the boy waiting on the porch significant to Einstein?

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

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