Marie Curie

Marie Curie will be remembered as a famous

• baker
• student
• scientist
• reader

Why didn't Marie go to college in Poland?

• She wanted to get married.
• She didn't want to.
• She didn't know Polish.
• Women were not allowed to go to college in Poland.

What painful losses did Marie have to deal with as a child?

• She lost her dog and cat.
• Her mom and sister died.
• Her whole family was killed.
• She got lost.

During Marie's life, it was against the law to teach Polish children in the Polish language. 

• True
• False

What new word did Marie invent when she was studying uranium?

• Science
• Uranium
• Radioactivity

Marie discovered two new elements. She named the first one after

• her mom
• her husband
• United States
• Poland

Marie died because 

• she worked with radium for too many years.
• a dog bit her.
• she was in a car accident.

Her experiments led to better ways of treating people with

• the flu
• chicken pox
• sunburn
• cancer

What was the author's purpose in writing this book?

• To convince the reader to study science.
• To entertain the reader.
• To inform the reader about Marie Curie's advances in Science.

How did Marie Curie help soldiers during World War 1?

• She worked as a nurse.
• She treated wounded soldiers with a mobile x-ray machine.
• She gave soldiers jobs in her lab.