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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Marie donate to the lab that she does not want taken?
(a) Her first gram of radium.
(b) Pierre's memoirs.
(c) Her own sweat and tears.
(d) Her logs and notes.

2. What was the monument erected to represent?
(a) Those who betrayed Poland to ally with Russia.
(b) Those that were heros of Poland.
(c) Those that were great Russian leaders.
(d) Those that were great Polish leaders.

3. When does Manya finish her secondary studies?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1885.

4. What decision does Marie come to as the Germans continue to advance?
(a) To stay in Paris no matter what.
(b) To leave Paris and join her children.
(c) To sacrifice herself to save her children.
(d) To return to Poland and fight for her home country.

5. What conclusion does Marie draw about the minerals she examines?
(a) They all have their basis in thorium.
(b) There must be another element as yet undetermined.
(c) The radioactivity is limited to only uranium and thorium.
(d) They are not as strong as uranium.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marie feel truly in her element?

2. Which of the following isn't one of the words Manya picks up on from overheard conversations?

3. Which of the following children is the youngest?

4. What happens during Marie and Pierre's second year of marriage?

5. How do the words that Manya overhears make her feel even though she doesn't understand what they mean?

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