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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Manya and Kazia do when they pass the monument in Saxony Square?
(a) Salute it.
(b) Throw stones at it.
(c) Spit on it.
(d) Kick it.

2. Where does Manya go to escape from her troubles?
(a) School.
(b) Books.
(c) The river.
(d) Church.

3. Where was Pierre headed on the morning he died?
(a) To correct some proofs.
(b) To take his daughter to the doctor.
(c) To sign papers for a new grant.
(d) To meet Marie.

4. Which of the children died from typhus?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Bronya.
(c) Hela.
(d) Zosia.

5. How many scientific communications do the Curies publish between 1899 and 1904?
(a) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 32.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mademoiselle Mayer believe Manya to be?

2. Continuing the research themselves in their shed causes what to happen to Marie?

3. What ultimately kills Pierre?

4. What conclusion does Marie draw about the minerals she examines?

5. What are the "little Curies"?

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