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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Marie go with Pierre to the Royal Society?
(a) She is ill.
(b) She is not allowed.
(c) She is too pregnant.
(d) She needs to take care of her father.

2. What does Marie maintain despite the fact that she is growing weak and aging?
(a) Weariness.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Inhuman pace.
(d) Curiousity.

3. Why do the Curies decide not to patent their discovery?
(a) They believe that they will not earn respect.
(b) They were refused because Marie is female.
(c) They do not need the money.
(d) They feel it would be contrary to scientific spirit.

4. What does Marie insist on after she reviews the documents presented to her by the President?
(a) That they be displayed in her lab.
(b) That they be turned in for funds to support her lab in Paris.
(c) That they be changed to give the gift to the scientific community not herself.
(d) That her lab in Paris be moved to America.

5. What are the "little Curies"?
(a) X-ray machines delivered to new hospitals.
(b) Equipped X-ray cars.
(c) Cars that haul the wounded.
(d) Mobile labs that mine radium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What balance do the Curies find disrupted by their newfound famous status?

2. What need does Marie recognize for as the war breaks out?

3. How do Marie's workers feel about her?

4. What does the celebrity status ruin for Marie causing her to become depressed?

5. What decision does Marie come to as the Germans continue to advance?

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