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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Katherine Schaub first started working at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, she was placed into an apprenticeship in what position?
(a) Inspector.
(b) Cafeteria worker.
(c) Dial-painter.
(d) Floor-sweeper.

2. Most dial-painters in the United States were the daughters and granddaughters of whom?
(a) Socialists.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Industrialists.

3. What adjective did the discoverer of radium use often to describe the element?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Enigmatic.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Wondrous.

4. In January of 1924, what ultimatum did Dr. Barry give the girls he treated who worked at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) He said that if they did not pay him in full, he would refuse to treat them.
(b) He said if they did not quit their jobs, he would refuse to treat them.
(c) He said that if they did not start brushing their teeth regularly, he would refuse to treat them.
(d) He said that if they did not file suit against the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, he would refuse to treat them.

5. 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) Ivory-tipped forceps.
(c) Lead aprons.
(d) Medical experts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Katherine Schaub when she first started working at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

2. On what street was Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?

3. 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?

4. As the most valuable substance on earth, how much did a single gram of radium cost in 1917?

5. When the girls at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation started to worry that the paint they used may be dangerous, doctors from New York came and assured the girls that the paint was harmless due to what reason?

(see the answer key)

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