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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Einstein thinks her young son's problems are perhaps due to what?
(a) He is a bad kid.
(b) He doesn't understand English.
(c) He is slow in learning to speak.
(d) He is a sickly child.

2. 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) Berlin.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Munich.

3. Why doesn't Miss Dukas let the strange boy waiting for Einstein on the porch come inside the house?
(a) The boy is poor and dirty.
(b) She knows Einstein doesn't like doing interviews.
(c) She thinks the boy tries to steal Einstein's work.
(d) She thinks the boy is trying to sell something.

4. What reason does Albert give when asked why he doesn't ask his teachers questions?
(a) He hates school.
(b) Other kids make fun of him when he asks.
(c) His teachers don't know the answers.
(d) They don't like him.

5. What does Einstein's theory tell us about time and space?
(a) Neither of them are measurable.
(b) Neither go on forever in the same fixed way.
(c) Neither of them change.
(d) Neither of them matter.

Short Answer Questions

1. After dinner, Albert claims he'll be able to sleep better if he can take what to bed?

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

3. Mrs. Einstein worries that her son has difficulty in school. What reason does she NOT mention for being worried?

4. Based on Einstein's work, scientists follow clues on atomic energy and eventually learn how to do what?

5. Einstein's theory explains what about the sun?

(see the answer key)

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