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

2. What does the visit from the inspector make Manya more aware of?
(a) Her need to flee Poland.
(b) Her personal troubles.
(c) Her desire to find a new book.
(d) Her lack of personal strength.

3. Where does Manya find her own friends?
(a) The peasants of the city.
(b) Her sister's friends.
(c) Other Polish students in the Latin Quarter.
(d) Russian immigrants in Paris.

4. Why does Marie need to get up very early in the morning?
(a) To pay the bills.
(b) To take Pierre to work.
(c) To go to the market.
(d) To do her own chores.

5. What research is Pierre conducting that he abandons to help Marie?
(a) X-ray exclusions.
(b) Crystalline physics
(c) Uranium conductivity.
(d) Thorium resilience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Manya's first romance with?

2. Which is the most accurate description of the manner in which Pierre is walking on the day he died?

3. What causes Manya to experience her first revolt against the church?

4. What do the doctors diagnose Pierre with?

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

(see the answer key)

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