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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the most accurate description of the manner in which Pierre is walking on the day he died?
(a) With a purpose.
(b) Absent-mindedly.
(c) Directly.
(d) Methodically.

2. What paid position does Marie obtain at the end of the year?
(a) Chief of laboratory work.
(b) University professor.
(c) Nobel prize lecturer.
(d) Academy of Science accountant.

3. What does Marie collaborate with Andre Debierne on?
(a) Preparing pure radium.
(b) Creating a home for her children.
(c) Preparing a new lab.
(d) Creating Pierre's dream lab.

4. Where does Marie turn to find some emotional strength and support?
(a) Her work.
(b) Her children.
(c) Her colleagues.
(d) Her father-in-law.

5. How does the American public rank Marie Curie which her children see for the first time?
(a) Among the most important living men and women.
(b) As their savior.
(c) As any other scientist.
(d) As the most important woman.

6. What decision does Marie come to as the Germans continue to advance?
(a) To return to Poland and fight for her home country.
(b) To sacrifice herself to save her children.
(c) To stay in Paris no matter what.
(d) To leave Paris and join her children.

7. What do the reporters in America call Marie?
(a) Savior of the sick and down trodden.
(b) Benefactress of the human race.
(c) Traditional female researcher.
(d) Model for the female species.

8. What tic does Marie develop?
(a) She rubs her burned fingers together.
(b) She constantly coughs.
(c) She picks the skin away from her hands.
(d) She jerks her head from side to side.

9. Which of the following characters is Marie's constant companion until married?
(a) Helene.
(b) Eve.
(c) Frederic.
(d) Irene.

10. Why do the Curies decide not to patent their discovery?
(a) They feel it would be contrary to scientific spirit.
(b) They were refused because Marie is female.
(c) They do not need the money.
(d) They believe that they will not earn respect.

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

12. How does Jean Perrin describe Marie's ability to run the laboratory?
(a) The best director he has ever known.
(b) The most patient directer he has ever known.
(c) The hardest working person he has ever known.
(d) The most dedicated professional he has ever known.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marie dream of building a home, but never finds the time to fulfill her dream?

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

3. In what year does Marie make her last trip to Poland?

4. What political situation does Marie take an interest in?

5. What news does Maire receive about her father?

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