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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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) Dial-painter.
(c) Inspector.
(d) Cafeteria worker.

2. In what city was the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Orange, California.
(c) Newark, New Jersey.
(d) Ottawa, Illinois.

3. Until 1922, Cecil K. Drinker's department at Harvard was wholly funded by what source?
(a) Commercial firms.
(b) The Drinker family's wealth.
(c) Government grants.
(d) Taxes.

4. Part of the allure of the jobs available at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation was that the site of business was called a what, rather than a factory?
(a) A studio.
(b) A internship site.
(c) A paradise.
(d) A warehouse.

5. Grace Fryer came from a family of how many children?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

6. On April 2, 1925, Arthur Roeder invited Frederick Hoffman to the Orange plant to use the new signs he had erected that warned workers not to put the radium paint-laden brushes in their mouths. In what field was Frederick Hoffman employed?
(a) Industrial waste.
(b) Statistics.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) Disease control.

7. Grace Fryer was motivated to take a position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation by what reason?
(a) She wanted to help with the war effort.
(b) She wanted to be able to buy nice clothes with her earnings.
(c) She wanted to work alongside all of her best friends.
(d) She wanted to have the prestige of working with the wonder substance of radium.

8. 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?
(a) Sabin von Schocky.
(b) Mollie Maggia.
(c) Katherine Schaub.
(d) Grace Fryer.

9. Arthur Roeder held what position at the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) Company attorney.
(b) Foreman.
(c) President.
(d) Treasurer.

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

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

12. 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 start brushing their teeth regularly, he would refuse to treat them.
(b) He said that if they did not pay him in full, he would refuse to treat them.
(c) He said if they did not quit their jobs, 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.

13. How did Katherine Schaub come to work at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) She attended the Grand Opening of the building.
(b) She walked by the building one day on her way to school.
(c) A friend of hers told her about an open position there.
(d) She read about the job in a newspaper.

14. 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?
(a) Zinc sulfide.
(b) Ammonia.
(c) Phosphorous.
(d) Zinc oxide.

15. Who once remarked, "There may be a condition into which radium has not yet entered that would produce dire results; everybody handling it should have care," (18) though his advice was ignored by the industry?
(a) Anna Mooney.
(b) Isaac Newton.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) Nikola Tesla.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Swen Kjaer from the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted an investigation of Radium Dial's scientific laboratories in 1925, what two safeguards did he find the scientists using in their work with radium?

2. Why did Cecil K. Drinker refrain from publishing the report of his findings after his investigation of the United States Radium Company?

3. The city of Newark, New Jersey was termed the city of what?

4. When George L. Warren, the county physician for Essex County, died on a trolley ride, who replaced him and eventually became a champion for the dial-painters' cause?

5. When Radium Dial conducted an internal investigation of its workers' health, how many of the dial-painters were told of their results?

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