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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the most accurate description of the manner in which Pierre is walking on the day he died?
(a) Directly.
(b) With a purpose.
(c) Methodically.
(d) Absent-mindedly.

2. How do Marie's workers feel about her?
(a) They think it is time that she resign.
(b) They are devoted to her.
(c) They take pride in her accomplishments.
(d) They no longer trust her judgment.

3. Which of the following characters is Marie's constant companion until married?
(a) Frederic.
(b) Eve.
(c) Helene.
(d) Irene.

4. What is it that Marie loves to do best?
(a) Listen to her daughters.
(b) Give lectures.
(c) Read.
(d) Work in the lab.

5. What does the Royal Society of London present to the Curies?
(a) Position at the university.
(b) Nobel Prize.
(c) Davy Medal.
(d) Research grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the American public rank Marie Curie which her children see for the first time?

2. What does Marie do in her advancing age that is similar to when she was a young child again?

3. What did Marie donate to the lab that she does not want taken?

4. What does Marie typically do on Tuesday and Fridays?

5. What revives Marie's nature and fervor to return to work?

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