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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

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) Play in the sand pile.
(c) Throw rocks at animals.
(d) Pick on other children.

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

3. How does Einstein refer to the way he feels about lecturing at the university?
(a) "My calling in life."
(b) "Performances on the trapeze."
(c) "The best work I've ever done."
(d) "A silly, pointless exercise."

4. Why is the hometown of the boy waiting on the porch significant to Einstein?
(a) It is also Einstein's hometown.
(b) He is friends with a woman who lives there.
(c) His sister lives there.
(d) He attends school there.

5. How does Uncle Jake feel when Albert admits how he feels about school?
(a) Sad.
(b) Secretly sympathetic.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hermann Einstein pleased when his son displays interest in the pocket watch?

2. Mrs. Einstein thinks her son should have what when he turns six?

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

4. Toward the end of Chapter Two, Hermann finds Albert awake when he goes to check on the boy. Why does Albert say he's still awake?

5. What does Einstein's famous formula mean?

(see the answer key)

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