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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 leave Paris and join her children.
(d) To stay in Paris no matter what.

2. What is Marie's primary reason for the decision she makes in regard as to whether to go or stay?
(a) Her dead husband.
(b) Her patriotism.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her new lab.

3. What happened to Bronya's son?
(a) He was hung by the Russians.
(b) He has moved back to Poland.
(c) He has graduated from university.
(d) He died of tubercular meningitis.

4. How does Marie feel about going on without Pierre?
(a) That she must go on for her children.
(b) That she should take her own life to be with Pierre.
(c) That it is impossible.
(d) That she must fulfill his dream.

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

6. What does Marie begin to devote her time to establish in her role as a member of the International Committee on Intellectual Co-operation?
(a) Establishing a copyright for scientists.
(b) Establishing a series of new labs.
(c) Establishing services for the poor.
(d) Establishing a sharing policy among the countries.

7. What patent could the Curies obtain?
(a) The name for the treatment, radiation.
(b) The process for identifying radium.
(c) The mining of radium.
(d) The process for producing salts from radium.

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

9. What does Marie accuse herself of when in truth she simply needs to find some actual rest in her life?
(a) Anger.
(b) Resolution.
(c) Stupidity.
(d) Losing her mind.

10. What revives Marie's nature and fervor to return to work?
(a) Desire to find the answer.
(b) A new breakthrough.
(c) Husband's death.
(d) Love of small children.

11. What look do Eve and Irene always associate with their mother?
(a) A strong and determined look.
(b) A destroyed, yet resolved look.
(c) A fragile, grief-stricken look.
(d) A surprising, firm look.

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

13. What does Marie form for her children after her father-in-law dies?
(a) A teaching cooperative.
(b) A play yard near her lab.
(c) A special memorial to her husband and father-in-law.
(d) A room in the house specifically for them.

14. What arouses Marie's competitive spirit?
(a) Writing.
(b) Sailing.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Music.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marie typically do on Tuesday and Fridays?

2. Why does Pierre take a position at the P.C.N.?

3. What obscured Pierre's vision?

4. What balance do the Curies find disrupted by their newfound famous status?

5. What does Marie specifically make time to do now that she had not done previously?

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