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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. Which of the following is the best definition for the term kuligs?

2. What does Marie eat regularly?

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

4. What is Manya's personal ambition?

5. What seems to be always near the surface among the Polish intelligentsia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the money that Pierre receives allow Pierre to do and what does the publicity bring Marie and Pierre?

2. What killed Marie?

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

4. What is Mrs. William Brown Meloney surprised to find out about Marie's lab and what does she do about it?

5. What happens when war breaks out?

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

7. What does a typical day look like for Manya at this point in her life?

8. What obstacles does Marie encounter when she goes to complete her education?

9. How does Marie spend her days?

10. What discovery does Marie make about radium?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did France treat Marie from the beginning to the end? Should she have stayed loyal to France? Support your answers with information from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Describe how the author's writing style helps make the most complex scientific achievements accessible to the reader. Is the description of the process an accurate representation of scientific discovery?

Essay Topic 3

How did Marie change after Pierre died? How did his death affect the family? What allowed Marie to move on after Pierre's death?

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