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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. How does Manya combat her discouragement?
(a) Writing her own books.
(b) Tutoring the peasants.
(c) Doing charity work.
(d) Earning more and more money.

2. What is the children's single focus at this time?
(a) Learning.
(b) Staying healthy.
(c) Helping their father.
(d) Managing the house.

3. Why did Monsieur Sklodovska lose his job?
(a) He couldn't learn to speak Russian.
(b) He wasn't subservient enough.
(c) His wife became ill.
(d) He was caught speaking Polish.

4. What does Manya indicate she feels for the first time when her father sends her to the country as a reward?
(a) Relief.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Realism.
(d) Freedom.

5. What research is Pierre conducting that he abandons to help Marie?
(a) Thorium resilience.
(b) Crystalline physics
(c) Uranium conductivity.
(d) X-ray exclusions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was one of Manya's classmates brothers hanged?

2. How many years younger is Manya than her classmates?

3. Who is Manya's first romance with?

4. Who did Monsieur Sklodovska follow in regards to his career?

5. How does Manya describe her successes with the peasants?

Short Essay Questions

1. What discovery does Marie make about radium?

2. Where does Marie go to live on her own and how much does she have to live on?

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

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

5. What is Marie's one and only goal?

6. What seems to be intruding on the Polish schools and in what way have things changed?

7. What does Marie do after she discovers that uranium and thorium are radioactive and what discovery does this lead to?

8. How does Marie spend her days?

9. Who influences Manya and in what ways does he influence her?

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

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