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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Hermann annoyed when the family sits down to dinner in Chapter Two?
(a) His daughter is misbehaving.
(b) The knife he is using is dull.
(c) The mashed potatoes are cold.
(d) Albert does not come in for dinner.

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

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

4. Einstein's work, and the work of scientists after him, eventually lead to the creation of what?
(a) Atomic bomb.
(b) Solar energy.
(c) Nuclear fusion.
(d) National Guild of Scientists.

5. What impression does the reader have of Mileva's attitude toward her life during Chapter Six?
(a) She is completely pleased with her husband's success.
(b) She doesn't spend much time thinking about it.
(c) She is frustrated and growing more and more unhappy.
(d) She is bored with her life and doesn't like their house.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what part of Einstein's job at the university is his wife dissatisfied in Chapter Six?

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

3. What does Einstein's theory tell us about time and space?

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

5. After Albert is asked not to return to his school, Hermann tells his son that he can't support him anymore. Why?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mileva decide not to move with her husband to Berlin?

2. Do the townspeople respect Einstein at the beginning of the book?

3. Based on Einstein's dialogue with community members, what type of person does he seem to be in Chapter One?

4. The reader learns that Einstein's work eventually leads other scientists to create the atom bomb. Why?

5. Why does Einstein not enjoy giving interviews?

6. What does Einstein's theory of relativity have to do with Michelson and Morley's experiment?

7. The author states that relativity is not new, and she uses a train as an example. Explain this example. Why does the author use this example?

8. Why does Hermann Einstein say that an education is so important? He mentions that "a Jew needs one to get along nowadays." To what situation is Hermann referring?

9. Why do Michelson and Morley assume that their experiments are a failure?

10. Why does Einstein get along better with his peers at the University than he does with his schoolmates previously?

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