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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Casimir's parents oppose the idea of marriage to Manya?
(a) Manya's family does not have enough money.
(b) They do not want him to marry a governess.
(c) They think they are too young to get married.
(d) They want him to marry a Russian.

2. Why was one of Manya's classmates brothers hanged?
(a) Speaking Polish.
(b) Teaching the girls forbidden things.
(c) Plotting against Russia.
(d) Refusing to follow the school mistress.

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

4. What position does Monsieur Sklodovska accept after his retirement?
(a) Teacher of the poor.
(b) Director of boarding house.
(c) Assassin.
(d) Director of a reform school.

5. What do Manya and Kazia do when they pass the monument in Saxony Square?
(a) Kick it.
(b) Salute it.
(c) Throw stones at it.
(d) Spit on it.

6. What has impeded the atmosphere at the schools in Poland?
(a) Russian control.
(b) German invasion.
(c) Lack of finances.
(d) Unqualifed teachers.

7. What caused Pierre's career to suffer?
(a) His location in Paris.
(b) His attraction to Marie.
(c) His idealism.
(d) His need to always be in control.

8. What is Manya afraid she will never be forgiven for figuring out how to do?
(a) Read.
(b) Fight.
(c) Write.
(d) Talk.

9. What is piezoelectric quartz?
(a) A device to turn rocks into quartz.
(b) A device used for measuring small amounts of electricity.
(c) A device used to define the measurements of crystals.
(d) A device used for clarifying the value of quartz crystals.

10. Why does Marie need to get up very early in the morning?
(a) To take Pierre to work.
(b) To go to the market.
(c) To do her own chores.
(d) To pay the bills.

11. Why is Manya always chosen to answer the inspector's questions?
(a) She is the most respectful to the inspector.
(b) She can tell lies perfectly in Russian.
(c) She is the youngest in the class and therefore impressive.
(d) She speaks Russian perfectly and is knowledgeable.

12. How do her employers treat Manya?
(a) Abusively.
(b) Kindly.
(c) With great respect.
(d) Unkindly.

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

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

15. How does Manya consider herself intellectually?
(a) Average if not less.
(b) Below par.
(c) Passable.
(d) Superior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Manya begin teaching?

2. What do the Curies have to now prove?

3. Who is Manya's first romance with?

4. Why does Manya begin to withdraw from the performances the Polish students have?

5. What does the father of the children in the opening scene of the school teach?

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