Question

Read these words from Marie Curie:
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. Which of the following details from the historical fiction piece "Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radioactivity" supports Marie's factual statement? 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. 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? No one, the Curies included, had ever seen this element. Still, the husband-and-wife team had given it a name: radium.

Answer 1

No one, the Curies included, had ever seen this element. Still, the husband-and-wife team had given it a name: radium.

Answer 2

Answer:

The details from the historical fiction piece "Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radioactivity" that support Marie's factual statement are:

In the winter, it was so cold that she emptied her closet, piling the clothes on the bed so she'd be warm enough to sleep.

Explanation:

The question is not complete since it does not provide the options to answer, here are the options:

A) She also met the man who soon became her husband—Pierre Curie, a brilliant young physicist as promising (and poor) as Marie.

B) 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?

C) In the winter, it was so cold that she emptied her closet, piling the clothes on the bed so she'd be warm enough to sleep.

D) No one, the Curies included, had ever seen this element. Still, the husband-and-wife team had given it a name: radium.

The factual statement does not focus on the discoveries of Marie Curie, it focuses on the kind of life and routine that she used to have when she was younger, and the techniques she needed to apply to keep warm, all this is presented with different words as a support sentence in the third given option.