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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the last few pages of Chapter One, how long does Einstein say it takes for him to gain a world reputation?
(a) Almost overnight.
(b) A decade.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two years.

2. How does Einstein feel about Mileva's ambitions?
(a) He thinks she is brilliant and enjoys her company.
(b) He thinks she is beautiful and charming.
(c) He thinks she should focus more on housework.
(d) He thinks she is dumb and dislikes talking to her.

3. Einstein tells Miss Dukas he let the boy from the porch in for what purpose?
(a) The weather is getting worse.
(b) To discuss an interesting theory.
(c) So that the boy can warm up and answer Einstein's questions.
(d) The boy brings Einstein's mail.

4. During Chapter Six, in which of the following cities do Einstein and his family NOT live?
(a) Zurich.
(b) Prague.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

5. When Mrs. Einstein asks how Albert gets his nickname at school, what does he tell her?
(a) He always asks dumb questions.
(b) He is usually mean to other kids.
(c) One of the teachers calls him that, and it sticks.
(d) He doesn't tell a lie to the teacher to stay out of trouble.

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

7. The title of Chapter Seven says that Einstein is sometimes called the _____________ of the Twentieth Century.
(a) Darwin.
(b) Newton.
(c) Genius.
(d) Copernicus.

8. At the time it is published, the popular saying about Einstein's famous theory is what?
(a) It changes the world.
(b) He is completely insane.
(c) The idea is an old one that everyone knows about.
(d) Only a dozen men in the world understand it.

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

10. Einstein moves his family into a small apartment to save money, and the children wake up covered in bites. What is biting them?
(a) Bedbugs.
(b) Rats.
(c) Roaches.
(d) Fleas.

11. At the time this story takes place, Einstein is living in what country?
(a) United States.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

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

13. Einstein encourages other scientists to check his theories, one of which requires a total eclipse. What prevents that experiment?
(a) Russian Civil War.
(b) World War 1.
(c) Franco-Prussian War.
(d) World War 2.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In relation to Michelson and Morley's work, Einstein's theory claims what?

2. As the war drags on, scientists in which country are planning to test Einstein's theory on the total eclipse?

3. Einstein's work, and the work of scientists after him, eventually lead to the creation of what?

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?

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

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