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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 do Manya and Kazia do when they pass the monument in Saxony Square?
(a) Kick it.
(b) Throw stones at it.
(c) Salute it.
(d) Spit on it.

2. What is Manya's personal ambition?
(a) To help her sister realize her dreams.
(b) To become a patriot.
(c) To help the poor.
(d) To study in Paris.

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

4. How does Manya describe her successes with the peasants?
(a) Ground breaking.
(b) Major.
(c) Unfulfilling.
(d) Minor.

5. In what way is Joseph Boguski related to Manya?
(a) Brother.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Manya begin to withdraw from the performances the Polish students have?

2. What was the monument erected to represent?

3. Why does Manya come to the conclusion that keeping a post in Warsaw is impossible?

4. What happens during Marie and Pierre's second year of marriage?

5. Why is Manya always chosen to answer the inspector's questions?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Marie now live and how does she spend her pension?

2. What has happened to Marie's health and what caused these effects?

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

4. What killed Marie?

5. What is Monsieur Sklodovska's new position and how does he feel about the position?

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

7. What discovery does Marie make about radium?

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

9. What is a typical day like for Marie now that she is married?

10. What role does Marie continue to have in the lab?

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