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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What arrangements did Rufus Reed make for Peg Looney when she collapsed at work at Radium Dial in August of 1929?
(a) He arranged for her to receive a severance package.
(b) He arranged for a company doctor to pronounce her as being in perfect health.
(c) He arranged for her to be admitted to the company doctor's hospital.
(d) He arranged a leave of absence for her recuperation.

2. On what day in 1917 did Congress vote America into joining World War I?
(a) June 6th.
(b) May 18th.
(c) October 30th.
(d) April 6th.

3. To what hospital was Ella Cruse admitted when her pimple grew in size and caused her entire face to swell?
(a) Newark Hospital.
(b) St. Columba Hospital.
(c) General Hospital.
(d) Ottawa City Hospital.

4. When Radium Dial conducted an internal investigation of its workers' health, how many of the dial-painters were told of their results?
(a) Fewer than ten.
(b) One.
(c) Fewer than five.
(d) Zero.

5. The greenish-white luminous paint used to paint the watch dials went by what name?
(a) Lighterous.
(b) Unblack.
(c) Luminest.
(d) Undark.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was tasked with conducting a nationwide study into the effects of radium poisoning?

2. Though during Swen Kjaer's visit to the Radium Dial studio in Ottowa, he saw water bowls being used by the dial-painters to clean their brushes, how does his observation during the visit differ from photographs he is given at a later date?

3. In what discipline did Cecil K. Drinker work at the time he conducted a study at the United States Radium Corporation?

4. What form did the ongoing argument between Cecil K. Drinker and Arthur Roeder take in 1924 after Cecil K. Drinker's investigation resulted in his claim that radium was causing harm to the dial-painters at the United States Radium Corporation?

5. 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?

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