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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 does the Royal Institution want with Pierre?
(a) To get treatment for his illness.
(b) To teach at their institute.
(c) To head their research department.
(d) To give a lecture on radium.

2. Where does Manya find her own friends?
(a) Russian immigrants in Paris.
(b) Other Polish students in the Latin Quarter.
(c) Her sister's friends.
(d) The peasants of the city.

3. What does the celebrity status ruin for Marie causing her to become depressed?
(a) Her marriage.
(b) Her children.
(c) Her trust.
(d) Her nerves.

4. How many elements do Marie and Pierre come to realize radioactivity is concentrated in besides those already identified?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

5. Who agrees to move in with Marie and Pierre to help them with the new child?
(a) Pierre's sister.
(b) Marie's brother.
(c) Pierre's father.
(d) Marie's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marie accuse herself of when in truth she simply needs to find some actual rest in her life?

2. Where does Manya go to escape from her troubles?

3. What does Pierre study at the School of Physics and Chemistry in Paris?

4. Where does Marie turn to find some emotional strength and support?

5. Continuing the research themselves in their shed causes what to happen to Marie?

(see the answer key)

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