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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What seems to be always near the surface among the Polish intelligentsia?
(a) Secrecy.
(b) Revolt.
(c) Suppression.
(d) Disgust.

3. Who did Monsieur Sklodovska follow in regards to his career?
(a) No one, he forged his own path.
(b) His wife.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

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

5. What conclusion does Marie draw about the minerals she examines?
(a) There must be another element as yet undetermined.
(b) They are not as strong as uranium.
(c) The radioactivity is limited to only uranium and thorium.
(d) They all have their basis in thorium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marie eat regularly?

2. What medical condition does Marie suffer from due to her diet?

3. Why don't the Curies buy large quantities of pitchblende?

4. Why does Marie need to get up very early in the morning?

5. What does Marie discover?

Short Essay Questions

1. What killed Marie?

2. What is the history for Monsieur and Madame Sklodovska and how is their life currently?

3. How does Marie spend her days?

4. Where does Manya go to school and what is different about this school?

5. What obstacles does Marie encounter when she goes to complete her education?

6. What takes up most of Pierre's times and how does this help with the support of his family?

7. What does Mademoiselle Mayer believe about Manya and what does she do to Manya because of this belief?

8. What do Irene and Eve learn about their mother on that first trip to America?

9. What is Mrs. William Brown Meloney surprised to find out about Marie's lab and what does she do about it?

10. What discovery does Marie make about radium?

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