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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. Who is Manya's first romance with?
(a) Her sister's best friend.
(b) Her employer's son.
(c) A boy from her brother's school.
(d) A friend of her fathers.

2. What does Manya offer to God in place of her mother?
(a) Her books.
(b) Her father.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her apples.

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

4. As Marie Curie reflected back on her life what did she indicate was necessary in order to build a better world?
(a) Social progress.
(b) Self-discovery.
(c) Self-guided principles.
(d) Improving the individual.

5. When does Manya finish her secondary studies?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1883.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Though their life becomes dull and monotonous, what does this encourage for the family members?

4. What does Manya find herself ecstatic with even though she has holes in her math and physics skills?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What marks Manya's adolescence the most?

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

6. Who is Casimir Dluski and what is this character suspected of doing?

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

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

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

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

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