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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Manya experience as soon as she leaves her books?
2. What religion does Manya practice?
3. Where does this story open?
4. When does Manya finish her secondary studies?
5. What caused Pierre's career to suffer?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Marie and Pierre decide to do in regard to the existence of radium and how do they decide to accomplish this?
2. What realization do Marie and Pierre come to about their own needs and where do they think they can get it?
3. Where does Manya go to school and what is different about this school?
4. What does Marie do after she discovers that uranium and thorium are radioactive and what discovery does this lead to?
5. How does Marie spend her days?
6. What does Marie realize about herself in regard to her profession?
7. How do Manya's employers treat Manya and how does Manya feel about the children and her job?
8. What influence did Marie's father-in-law have on Irene?
9. What happens to Manya's father's resources and why does this occur?
10. Where does Marie go to live on her own and how much does she have to live on?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When writing a biography, the author must maintain accuracy while keeping the reader's interest. In what ways was this author able to keep the reader's interest? Do you believe this was a successful biography? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay critiquing whether or not this biography can be considered accurate since it was written by Curie's daughter. Do you believe it could be unbiased? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
What role did the Russian occupation of Poland play a role in Marie's young life? Do you think that she would have continued on with her discoveries had this oppression not existed? Why or why not?
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