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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Manya combat her discouragement?
(a) Tutoring the peasants.
(b) Doing charity work.
(c) Earning more and more money.
(d) Writing her own books.

2. How does Manya describe her successes with the peasants?
(a) Minor.
(b) Ground breaking.
(c) Unfulfilling.
(d) Major.

3. What does the father of the children in the opening scene of the school teach?
(a) Physics.
(b) Calculus.
(c) Anatomy.
(d) Chemistry.

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

5. Which of the following is the best definition for the term kuligs?
(a) Country wildflowers.
(b) Carnivals lasting several days.
(c) Books read in isolation.
(d) Special dishes cooked for birthdays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mademoiselle Mayer believe Manya to be?

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

3. What has impeded the atmosphere at the schools in Poland?

4. What position does Monsieur Sklodovska accept after his retirement?

5. Which of the children has gone to study medicine?

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