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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Manya's work end at Sczczuki?
(a) The children have gotten married.
(b) She has decided to leave the position.
(c) The family can no longer afford to pay her.
(d) The children finish their exams.

2. What is the children's single focus at this time?
(a) Learning.
(b) Managing the house.
(c) Helping their father.
(d) Staying healthy.

3. Who does Monsieur Sklodovska have an ongoing conflict with?
(a) His colleagues.
(b) Russian principal.
(c) The Russian Tsar.
(d) His wife.

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

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

6. What profession does Bronya's husband have?
(a) Scientist.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Superintendent.
(d) Teacher.

7. Though their life becomes dull and monotonous, what does this encourage for the family members?
(a) Familial bonds.
(b) Financial planning.
(c) Desire to look for freedom.
(d) Work and study.

8. What do the Curies have to now prove?
(a) The existence of radium.
(b) The differences between radium and polonium.
(c) The similarities between radium and polonium.
(d) The radioactivity of radium.

9. What is pitchblende?
(a) A polonium based metal.
(b) A radium core.
(c) A uranium core.
(d) A combination of radium and polonium.

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

11. What does Manya find herself ecstatic with even though she has holes in her math and physics skills?
(a) The sites in Paris.
(b) The lectures.
(c) Being close to her family.
(d) The culture.

12. What does Bronya tell her father to do with some of the money her father has set aside?
(a) Find a better house.
(b) Move the family to Paris.
(c) Send Manya to school.
(d) Pay back Manya.

13. How does Manya describe her first post as governess?
(a) Hell.
(b) Inventive.
(c) Tolerable.
(d) Wonderful.

14. Why does Manya begin to withdraw from the performances the Polish students have?
(a) Because it is dangerous and takes away study time.
(b) Because she cannot participate in them.
(c) Because her father told her to do that.
(d) Because she enjoys entertaining with her sister.

15. What does Manya indicate she feels for the first time when her father sends her to the country as a reward?
(a) Relief.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Realism.
(d) Boredom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Casimir's parents oppose the idea of marriage to Manya?

2. Where do Manya and Bronya dream of going?

3. What religion does Manya practice?

4. Why is Manya always chosen to answer the inspector's questions?

5. What does Marie eat regularly?

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