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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Einstein say is the most important part of the Royal Society's research, after he receives their findings on his theory?
(a) That other scientists take him seriously.
(b) That he can retire.
(c) That someone can take such wondeful pictures.
(d) That he is finally recognized for his work.

2. Einstein's theory explains what about the sun?
(a) How it first comes into existence.
(b) How it can send light and heat without burning out.
(c) How it creates heat.
(d) How it creates light.

3. In Chapter Four, Einstein makes friends from other countries at his new school. What affect do their stories have on him?
(a) He starts plotting a German revolution.
(b) He thinks they're lying and refuses to spend time with them.
(c) He plans a career in government.
(d) He begins dreaming of freedom for all men.

4. After he becomes a Swiss citizen, Einstein is able to secure a government job in what field?
(a) Congress.
(b) Patent Office.
(c) Postal Service.
(d) University.

5. 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) Roaches.
(c) Rats.
(d) Fleas.

6. Based on Einstein's work, scientists follow clues on atomic energy and eventually learn how to do what?
(a) Create a synthetic sun.
(b) Transform a uranium atom into energy.
(c) Split a plutonium atom.
(d) Harness solar energy to use as power.

7. Who becomes Einstein's second wife?
(a) Elsa.
(b) Maja.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Margot.

8. What kind of school does Albert attend in Chapter Two?
(a) Public.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Catholic.

9. Toward the end of Chapter Seven, Einstein's theory is finally ______.
(a) Proven correct.
(b) Proven incorrect.
(c) Proven ridiculous.
(d) Proven irrelevant.

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

11. After Albert is asked not to return to his school, Hermann tells his son that he can't support him anymore. Why?
(a) He is ready to retire.
(b) Albert is too old to live at home.
(c) His electrical shops fail.
(d) They no longer get along well.

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

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

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

15. Who takes care of Einstein after his divorce?
(a) His father, Hermann.
(b) His wife, Mileva.
(c) His mother, Pauline.
(d) His cousin, Elsa.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mrs. Einstein asks how Albert gets his nickname at school, what does he tell her?

2. The two American scientists, Michelson and Morley, are trying to measure the speed of what?

3. Whom does Hermann suggest his son ask about the compass?

4. How does Einstein feel about Mileva's ambitions?

5. What is the most important part of school for Einstein's multi-cultural friends at his new school?

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