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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 46-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position did Anna Rooney hold at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Inspector.
(b) Insurance claims adjuster.
(c) Forewoman.
(d) Accountant.

2. When Cecil K. Drinker found out that the United States Radium Corporation had suppressed his report, he made a deal with Arthur Roeder that he would not publish the report as long as Arthur Roeder immediately took what action?
(a) Sent a full copy of the report to John Roach.
(b) Sent a full copy of the report to the New York Times for publication.
(c) Paid Cecil K. Drinker $50,000.
(d) Instituted a set of safety measures to protect the dial-painters.

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

4. In what discipline did Dr. Frederick Flinn hold a Doctorate degree?
(a) Geology.
(b) Literature.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Medicine.

5. The court date in the Radium Dial case was set for February 10, 1938, six days after which birthday of Catherine Wolfe Donahue's?
(a) Her 45th.
(b) Her 30th.
(c) Her 25th.
(d) Her 35th.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Katherine Wiley, the woman who conducted an independent investigation into the health of the dial-painters at the United States Radium Corporation, worked for what organization?

3. How many witnesses eventually testified on Catherine Wolfe Donahue's behalf in the case against Radium Dial?

4. Which group of people was notably absent from the first day of the trial proceedings?

5. Of what female-centric cause had Leonard Grossman been a supporter?

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