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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. Why does Manya's work end at Sczczuki?
(a) The children finish their exams.
(b) She has decided to leave the position.
(c) The family can no longer afford to pay her.
(d) The children have gotten married.

2. What did Mademoiselle Mayer catch Manya and her friend doing that caused a great conflict between the two of them?
(a) Speaking in Polish instead of Russian.
(b) Making fun of Mademoiselle Mayer behind her back.
(c) Dancing with joy at the assassination of the Tsar.
(d) Studying subjects that were prohibited to girls.

3. Where does Manya go to escape from her troubles?
(a) The river.
(b) School.
(c) Church.
(d) Books.

4. Which of the following isn't one of the words Manya picks up on from overheard conversations?
(a) Police.
(b) Deportation.
(c) Tsar.
(d) Revolt.

5. What does Marie decide to get her masters degree in?
(a) Math and anatomy.
(b) Physics and anatomy.
(c) Physics and math.
(d) Physics only.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Manya find the discussion at her employers' home to be filled with?

2. Who agrees to move in with Marie and Pierre to help them with the new child?

3. Who does Manya begin teaching?

4. How old is Manya at the beginning of this chapter?

5. How does Manya combat her discouragement?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Marie is told that Pierre has been killed?

5. Where do Manya and Hela attend school and what kind of school is it?

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

7. What happens as Marie goes to the lab to work every morning?

8. What is Monsieur Sklodovska's profession and where do he and his family live?

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

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

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