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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Curies pay for the residue of the pitchblende they receive from the mines?
(a) Borrowed money from their siblings.
(b) Their own savings.
(c) Borrowed money from a bank loan.
(d) University money.

2. How do the Curies discover radium's luminosity?
(a) They reduce the atomic weight.
(b) They combine it with salt.
(c) They see jars on the shelf glowing blue.
(d) They boil down the liquid for a long time.

3. How do Marie and Pierre travel on their honeymoon?
(a) Bicycles.
(b) Horseback.
(c) Train.
(d) Wagon.

4. What obscured Pierre's vision?
(a) A closed cab.
(b) A horse.
(c) A crowd.
(d) A wagon.

5. What does Manya find the discussion at her employers' home to be filled with?
(a) Intellectual pursuits.
(b) Social change.
(c) Gossip.
(d) Russian loyalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Manya consider herself intellectually?

2. Where does Marie feel truly in her element?

3. How does Marie feel about going on without Pierre?

4. What decision does Manya make in regard to her life when Bronya invites her to Paris?

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

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