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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter Four, what kind of father is Einstein?
(a) Distant.
(b) Devoted.
(c) Strict.
(d) Unavailable.

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

4. In Chapter Four, Mileva is disgusted with the Kaiser because he says women should be concerned only with what?
(a) Work, Church, and Husband.
(b) Family, Country, and Religion.
(c) Sewing, Children, and Money.
(d) Kitchen, Church, and Children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During dinner in Chapter Two, why is Mrs. Einstein impatient for the children to get finished with dinner?

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

3. Why does the boy from the porch think Einstein might help him?

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

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

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