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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color was the mark the scientist found on his skin in 1901 after keeping a piece of radium in his pocket, as described in the book's prologue?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

2. How old was Katherine Schaub when she first started working at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) 11.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

3. When Swen Kjaer from the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted an investigation of Radium Dial's operations in 1925, how many dial-painters at the Ottawa studio were questioned?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Three.
(d) Twenty.

4. What response did Dr. Hoffman receive when he wrote to Arthur Roeder, asking him to help Grace Fryer "in a spirit of fairness and justice" (175)?
(a) Arthur Roeder requested a restraining order against Dr. Hoffman.
(b) Dr. Hoffman was told that Arthur Roeder no longer worked for the United States Radium Corporation.
(c) Arthur Roeder told Dr. Hoffman that he did not know anyone named Grace Fryer.
(d) Arthur Roeder sent Dr. Hoffman $100 to give to Grace Fryer.

5. Where did Catherine Wolfe meet her future husband, Tom Wolfe?
(a) At school.
(b) At the library.
(c) At a picnic.
(d) At church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Katherine Schaub started staying at home and refusing to go out, what was the only occasion to get her out of the house?

2. When Dr. Robert Humphries at the orthopedic hospital examined Edna Hussman's legs for the first time, what did he find?

3. Who looked pointedly at Grace Fryer on one instance within the studio and warned her not to lip-point, a comment that would later take on great significance in court?

4. Before dipping their brushes into the radium, what action were the dial-painters at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation instructed to take?

5. Katherine Wiley of the Consumer League campaigned to have what disease added to the list of legally compensable occupational diseases?

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