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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Katherine Schaub come to work at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) She read about the job in a newspaper.
(b) She walked by the building one day on her way to school.
(c) She attended the Grand Opening of the building.
(d) A friend of hers told her about an open position there.

2. The author points out that in contrast to the radium testing labs, where the scientists took precautions with radium, the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation studio workers took no precautions. What item is NOT on the list the author gives of the items missing from the studio workers' lives?
(a) Lead gloves.
(b) Medical experts.
(c) Lead aprons.
(d) Ivory-tipped forceps.

3. What treatments did Grace Fryer receive that eventually became too painful for her to continue?
(a) Chiropractic treatments.
(b) Massage treatments.
(c) X-ray treatments.
(d) Physical therapy treatments.

4. Attorneys were reluctant to take Grace Fryer's case due to the United States Radium Corporation's status as all but which of the following?
(a) A failing company.
(b) A powerful company.
(c) A well-connected company.
(d) A wealthy company.

5. In what year was the first suit filed by a dial-painter, in this case against the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Edna Hussman was examined by Dr. Frederick Flinn, what conclusion did he reach that he then shared with Edna Hussman?

2. When George L. Warren, the county physician for Essex County, died on a trolley ride, who replaced him and eventually became a champion for the dial-painters' cause?

3. In what city was the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?

4. The radium powder at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation was mixed with what substance in order to create the luminous paint used to paint the dials?

5. When Radium Dial conducted an internal investigation of its workers' health, how many of the dial-painters were told of their results?

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