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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Manya's work end at Sczczuki?
(a) The children have gotten married.
(b) The children finish their exams.
(c) She has decided to leave the position.
(d) The family can no longer afford to pay her.

2. Continuing the research themselves in their shed causes what to happen to Marie?
(a) Her family abandons her.
(b) Her health deteriorates.
(c) She loses her position.
(d) She is unable to care for Irene.

3. What news does Maire receive about her father?
(a) That he has money for her.
(b) That he is leaving Poland.
(c) That he has died.
(d) That he is very ill.

4. What does Bronya tell her father to do with some of the money her father has set aside?
(a) Send Manya to school.
(b) Pay back Manya.
(c) Find a better house.
(d) Move the family to Paris.

5. About how many of the "little Curies" did Marie personally create by the end of the war?
(a) 2.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pierre take a position at the P.C.N.?

2. What does Manya enter for the first time during this time period in her life?

3. What is Marie's primary reason for the decision she makes in regard as to whether to go or stay?

4. What happens when Pierre has an attack?

5. What decision does Marie come to as the Germans continue to advance?

(see the answer key)

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