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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 medical condition does Marie suffer from due to her diet?
(a) Osteoporosis.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Scurvy.
(d) Anemia.

2. Why does Marie ignore all of her health issues?
(a) She is not speaking to her family.
(b) Because she cannot afford to treat her condition.
(c) To focus only on studying.
(d) She cannot remember her symptoms.

3. What does Manya find the discussion at her employers' home to be filled with?
(a) Russian loyalty.
(b) Intellectual pursuits.
(c) Gossip.
(d) Social change.

4. Where do the Sklodovskass now live?
(a) A train station.
(b) A small house on campus.
(c) A homeless shelter.
(d) A tranquil courtyard.

5. What decision does Manya make in regard to her life when Bronya invites her to Paris?
(a) She decides to move back with her father.
(b) She decides to abandon everything.
(c) She decides to go to Paris with her father.
(d) She decides to stay in Warsaw another year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the children has gone to study medicine?

2. Where does this story open?

3. What does Manya offer to God in place of her mother?

4. What does the visit from the inspector make Manya more aware of?

5. How do Marie and Pierre travel on their honeymoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marie create to help with the war and where does she get the funds for these projects?

2. What method does Marie devise and what does she prepare the first of in regard to radium?

3. How does Marie find international work and what continues to be her life-long ambition?

4. Who invites Pierre to give a lecture on radium and why is it special that Marie attends with him?

5. What happens when war breaks out?

6. What influence did Marie's father-in-law have on Irene?

7. What happens to Manya's father's resources and why does this occur?

8. How does Casimir react to Marie's poor health and what do he and her sister insist on to help her recover?

9. Whose research has Pierre been watching and what did that research yield?

10. What does Marie have to do on a regular basis?

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