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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. Why does Manya come to the conclusion that keeping a post in Warsaw is impossible?
(a) She can not tolerate the rich.
(b) She finds no intellectual challenge.
(c) It does not pay enough.
(d) She cannot hide from the Russians.

2. Why doesn't Marie go with Pierre to the Royal Society?
(a) She is not allowed.
(b) She is ill.
(c) She needs to take care of her father.
(d) She is too pregnant.

3. What does Mademoiselle Mayer believe Manya to be?
(a) Lying and deceitful.
(b) Studious and disrespectful.
(c) Stubborn and scornful.
(d) Smart and respectful.

4. How many years younger is Manya than her classmates?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. Why does Eve believe Marie did not provide her with the kind of discipline she may have needed?
(a) She never got over her grief.
(b) She respected Eve's free will too much.
(c) She had Irene to share her own views and beliefs.
(d) She was too emotionally unstable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is pitchblende?

2. What does Marie maintain despite the fact that she is growing weak and aging?

3. Why does Marie ignore all of her health issues?

4. What does Marie insist on after she reviews the documents presented to her by the President?

5. What does the Royal Institution want with Pierre?

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