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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marie look back on these years with her exhaustion and chronic worry about money?
(a) The worst years of her life.
(b) The most perfect years of her life.
(c) The most difficult years of her life.
(d) The most surprising years of her life.

2. Why does Manya stay working as the governess with Casimir's family?
(a) The family asks her to stay to prevent scandal.
(b) She cannot find another job that pays as much.
(c) She wants to convince them to approve of the marriage.
(d) She cannot bear to be away from Casimir.

3. What patent could the Curies obtain?
(a) The mining of radium.
(b) The process for producing salts from radium.
(c) The name for the treatment, radiation.
(d) The process for identifying radium.

4. Why does Marie ignore all of her health issues?
(a) She cannot remember her symptoms.
(b) She is not speaking to her family.
(c) Because she cannot afford to treat her condition.
(d) To focus only on studying.

5. What does Marie eat regularly?
(a) Buttered bread and tea.
(b) Water and noodles.
(c) Beef and noodles.
(d) Rice and broth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the children takes over managing the household once Manya's mother dies?

2. What does Manya indicate she feels for the first time when her father sends her to the country as a reward?

3. What research is Pierre conducting that he abandons to help Marie?

4. Which of the following is the best definition for the term kuligs?

5. What does Marie's discovery cause to be re-examined?

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