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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 is Manya's dream at this time in her life?
(a) To study physics.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Nationhood.
(d) To become a physician.

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

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

4. How do Marie and Pierre travel on their honeymoon?
(a) Wagon.
(b) Horseback.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) Train.

5. Why did the Sklodovskas switch to education?
(a) Because it is the safest profession.
(b) Because estates have grown poorer.
(c) Because they believe in education.
(d) Because that is what their familes have done for years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the children earn their living as they finish school?

3. What do the Curies have to now prove?

4. What is the children's single focus at this time?

5. What does Manya experience as soon as she leaves her books?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Manya's employers treat Manya and how does Manya feel about the children and her job?

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

3. How does Marie treat the German physicists after the war?

4. How does Manya come to the conclusion that her plan was futile?

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

6. Why is Pierre shocked that Marie has a dream to think about doing nothing?

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

8. What has Marie ruled out of her life and why has she ruled it out?

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

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

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