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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 children died from typhus?
2. Which of the children has gone to study medicine?
3. What is Manya's dream at this time in her life?
4. Who did Monsieur Sklodovska follow in regards to his career?
5. How do the Curies discover radium's luminosity?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Manya come to the conclusion that her plan was futile?
2. What does the money that Pierre receives allow Pierre to do and what does the publicity bring Marie and Pierre?
3. Where do Manya and Hela attend school and what kind of school is it?
4. Whose research has Pierre been watching and what did that research yield?
5. How do Manya's employers treat Manya and how does Manya feel about the children and her job?
6. What do Marie and Pierre decide to do in regard to the existence of radium and how do they decide to accomplish this?
7. Where does Marie go to live on her own and how much does she have to live on?
8. What happens when war breaks out?
9. What does Marie realize about herself in regard to her profession?
10. What obstacles does Marie encounter when she goes to complete her education?
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
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 3
Describe how the author uses a combination of the omniscient point of view, which explains and interprets the historical background of the story, and the more limited third-person point of view? Do you believe this was a good strategy? Why or why not?
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