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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-19.

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) Floor-sweeper.
(b) Cafeteria worker.
(c) Inspector.
(d) Dial-painter.

2. Sabin von Schocky held what position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Founder.
(c) Inspector.
(d) Human Resources Director.

3. What song about radium became a hit after being featured in the Broadway musical Piff! Paff! Pouf!?
(a) Radium City.
(b) Radium Racket.
(c) Radium Romance.
(d) Radium Dance.

4. By whom was radium discovered?
(a) Marie and Pierre Curie.
(b) Isaac Newton.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Albert Einstein.

5. The city of Newark, New Jersey was termed the city of what?
(a) New beginnings.
(b) Upward movement.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Opportunity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Katherine Schaub come to work at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

2. In February of 1925, the creator of the luminous paint, Sabin von Sochocky, wrote to the investigating statistician Dr. Hoffman in order to tell him that "the disease in question is, without doubt" (109) what type of disease?

3. In January of 1924, what ultimatum did Dr. Barry give the girls he treated who worked at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

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

5. What treatments did Grace Fryer receive that eventually became too painful for her to continue?

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