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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the protagonist when she left Los Alamos?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

2. What kind of particle, per the novel, behaves oddly with Stern-Gerlach magnets?
(a) Chlorine.
(b) Sodium.
(c) Potassium.
(d) Radium.

3. How old is Grothendieck reported to be?
(a) 44.
(b) 46.
(c) 43.
(d) 45.

4. Per the novel, how large a percentage of the population of mathematicians is Jewish?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 80.
(d) 20.

5. By whom was the IHES established?
(a) Oppenheimer.
(b) Motchane.
(c) Motchane.
(d) Poincaré.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the protagonist when her mother dies?

2. In which state does the protagonist have paternal relatives?

3. How long do the protagonist and interlocutor have together after the break in II?

4. Which friend of the protagonist’s brother helped the protagonist forge a birth certificate?

5. To which of the following does the protagonist compare the interlocutor?

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