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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Hazel Kuzer when she died of radium poisoning?
(a) 40.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 35.

2. In 1923, what company acted as Radium Dial's main client, due to its 60% share of the U.S. alarm market?
(a) Masterclock, Inc.
(b) Westclox.
(c) Franklin.
(d) General Electric.

3. From what industry was the term "lip-pointing" (56) inherited?
(a) Embroidery.
(b) Lace-making.
(c) China-painting.
(d) Chimney-sweeping.

4. For what period of time did Swen Kjaer's national study of the radium dial-painting industry last?
(a) Three months.
(b) One year.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three years.

5. What diagnosis did Dr. Humphries in Orange provide to Quinta McDonald before he bound her in plaster from "her diaphragm to her knees" (95)?
(a) Scoliosis.
(b) Thoracic outlet syndrome.
(c) An arthritic hip.
(d) Radium poisoning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cecil K. Drinker's investigative report into radium poisoning stated that radium has a similar chemical nature to what element?

2. Grace Fryer came from a family of how many children?

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

4. The paper dials painted by Radium Luminous Materials Corporation workers had black backgrounds and numerals of what color?

5. Marketed to wealthy clients, a radium lined-jar that could be filled with water to make the water radioactive was recommended in what dose per day?

Short Essay Questions

1. The Radium Luminous Materials Corporation's radium-laden paint was used to create what type of objects?

2. What is the author's tone when ending Chapter 11 with the words, "After all-now it was bad for business" (79)?

3. What was the size of the smallest object the dial-painters at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation had to paint and what size was the tiniest element of their painting?

4. What were the findings of the first-ever autopsy on a dial-painter?

5. What actions did the United States Radium Corporation take once they received Cecil K. Drinker's full report regarding its employees on June 3, 1924?

6. Who coined the term "radium jaw"? (95)

7. Who were the primary producers of positive literature about radium?

8. Who was the first dial-painter to file a lawsuit against a radium company?

9. Why did radium poisoning victims often need another operation after they had just undergone one?

10. Who wrote to Katherine Wiley, the executive secretary of the Consumers League, a national organization for better working conditions for women, and for what purpose was she contacted?

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