Which details from the historical fiction piece "marie curie and the discovery of radioactivity" supports marie's factual statement? during a particularly rigorous winter, it was not unusual for the water to freeze in the basin in the night; to be able to sleep i was obliged to pile all my clothes on the bedcovers. in the same room i prepared my meals with the aid of an alcohol lamp and a few kitchen utensils. these meals were often reduced to bread with a cup of chocolate, eggs or fruit.

a moment later, people passing by the school of physics and chemistry were treated to a sight not often seen on the fashionable streets of paris in the early 1900s: a bareheaded young woman in a laboratory smock, ripping eagerly into the pile of heavy sacks and burying her hands in . . dirt?

when marie arrived in paris in 1891, she studied physics at the greatest university in europe, the sorbonne. but how poor she was!

when she was growing up in russian-occupied poland, even to study science was forbidden.

no one, the curies included, had ever seen this element. still, the husband-and-wife team had given it a name: radium.

What do both in memoriam, a. h. h. and “the lady of shalott” by alfred, lord tennyson suggest about people’s relationships with others? people can remain united even in death. people are mysterious and can never fully know one another. separation from others can lead to pain and loneliness. people create barriers that can prevent them from forging ties with others.

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Lesson 10: crossing borders: unit test “borders” 1.what does the mother’s refusal to state her nationality as canadian or american signify? a)that she resents governmental interference with her life b)that she identifies with neither country c)that she comes from somewhere else d)that she is stubborn and proud 4.the author’s chosen visual images,sensory details, and dialogue all convey a particular feeling in “delfino ii: diez in the desert.” thus feeling is known as: a)tone b)mood c)pathos 5.compare and contrast the poem “mexicans begin jogging” and the story “delfino ii: diez in the desert.” a)both are written about similar themes (immigration), but the story has a more serious mood than the poem b)both focus on mexican immigrants, but the story has a lighter tone than the poem. c)both main characters are afraid: diez is afraid of being caught smuggling people over the border, and soto is afraid of being caught working illegally. d)the tone in both selections is similar, but the subject matter differs slightly. 15. the tone of the poem “ka’ba” versus the tone of the poem “harlem ii” might be described as a)grateful vs ungrateful b)certain vs doubtful c) hurtful vs defeated d)safe vs dangerous