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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Continuing the research themselves in their shed causes what to happen to Marie?
(a) She loses her position.
(b) Her family abandons her.
(c) Her health deteriorates.
(d) She is unable to care for Irene.

2. What does the committee started by Mrs. Meloney present to Marie?
(a) A trip to America.
(b) An article about her life.
(c) A new laboratory.
(d) A gram of radium.

3. Why is Marie able to find friends in the peasants of the village?
(a) They see her for herself.
(b) She has earned their respect.
(c) They recognize her as one of their own.
(d) She goes out of her way to help them.

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

5. What ultimately kills Pierre?
(a) Front wagon wheel.
(b) Horse hoof.
(c) Back wagon wheel.
(d) Curb.

6. What was Marie the first person and only person to do?
(a) Win the Nobel Prize twice.
(b) To expose her children to radioactivity.
(c) To win scientific prizes as a Polish citizen.
(d) To survive radiation poisoning.

7. How do Marie's workers feel about her?
(a) They are devoted to her.
(b) They think it is time that she resign.
(c) They take pride in her accomplishments.
(d) They no longer trust her judgment.

8. What is the one problem with the house in Sceaux?
(a) It reminds her too much of Pierre.
(b) It is too much for her to care for alone.
(c) It is half an hour from the lab.
(d) It is not designed for children.

9. What profession does Mrs. William Brown Meloney practice?
(a) Labroatory assistant.
(b) Scientist specializing in X-rays.
(c) Magazine editor.
(d) University professor.

10. What balance do the Curies find disrupted by their newfound famous status?
(a) That between personal life and work.
(b) That between work and publishing.
(c) That between family and financial.
(d) That between work and finances.

11. What need does Marie recognize for as the war breaks out?
(a) Portable X-ray machines.
(b) Cancer treatment.
(c) More radium.
(d) More scientific research.

12. What does Marie continue to suffer from?
(a) Tremors.
(b) Grief.
(c) Stage fright.
(d) Radiation sickness.

13. What are the "little Curies"?
(a) Equipped X-ray cars.
(b) Cars that haul the wounded.
(c) Mobile labs that mine radium.
(d) X-ray machines delivered to new hospitals.

14. What do the doctors diagnose Pierre with?
(a) Tubercularosis.
(b) Rheumatism.
(c) Radiation poisoning.
(d) Meningitis.

15. What does Marie's discovery cause to be re-examined?
(a) Handling of materials.
(b) Laws of physics.
(c) Nature of the universe.
(d) Treatment of rheumatism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marie refuse?

2. Why do Marie and Pierre believe winning the prize has made them miserable?

3. What does Pierre discover about radiation?

4. What does the Royal Institution want with Pierre?

5. Marie continues on with her research despite what?

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