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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. What does Pierre discover about radiation?
(a) It is making him sick.
(b) It destroys diseased cells.
(c) It is difficult to identify.
(d) It can be manufactored without radium.

2. What does Marie do with the clothes Pierre was wearing when he was killed?
(a) She cleans them meticuously.
(b) She cuts them up and throws them in the fire.
(c) She cuts them into pieces for a quilt.
(d) She gives them to Bronya to get rid of.

3. What happens when Pierre has an attack?
(a) He has severe seizures.
(b) He is weak and unable to work.
(c) He goes into a stupor where he knows no one.
(d) He becomes mean and agitated.

4. What has Marie ruled out of her life?
(a) Children.
(b) Love.
(c) Family support.
(d) Fulfilling her dreams.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Curies pay for the residue of the pitchblende they receive from the mines?

2. What does Manya offer to God in place of her mother?

3. What is pitchblende?

4. Where was Pierre headed on the morning he died?

5. What are the boys in the opening scene of the story playing with?

(see the answer key)

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