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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. The list created by Katherine Schaub and Harrison Martland came to be known by what name?
(a) The List of the Doomed.
(b) The List of the Brave.
(c) The List of the Vindicated.
(d) The List of the Courageous.

2. What was NOT one of the reasons Raymond Berry worried about Judge William Clark being involved in the dial-painters' case?
(a) He knew that the judge had some indirect business relations with directors of a parent company of the United States Radium Corporation.
(b) He learned that the judge was a stockholder in the United States Radium Corporation.
(c) He knew that the judge had a cruel streak.
(d) He knew that the judge was friends with several directors at the United States Radium Corporation.

3. In January of 1927, Grace Fryer was fitted with a solid steel back brace that she was forbidden to abandon for longer than what period at a time?
(a) Two days.
(b) Two minutes.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two hours.

4. How many surgeries did Grace Fryer ultimately have performed on her jaw?
(a) 15.
(b) 6.
(c) 25.
(d) 11.

5. When Edna Hussman stumbled on the street and her husband helped her to walk to the hospital, what was the doctor's diagnosis?
(a) Fractured ankle.
(b) Sprained ankle.
(c) Sprained knee.
(d) Fractured femur.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Swen Kjaer requested information from Radium Dial about Ella Cruse during his national investigation of radium poisoning, what information about Ella was he given?

2. What did October 29, 1929 come to be called?

3. Due to radium poisoning, Edna Hussman's legs eventually took on what condition?

4. What was the official cause of death listed as a result of the autopsy on Peg Looney's body?

5. When Lloyd Craver tried to convince Katherine Schaub to take a lump sum in lieu of her medical bills being paid by the United States Radium Corporation for the rest of her life, what false reason did he cite?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the significance of Sabin Von Sochocky's warning to Grace Fryer in the dial-painting studio?

2. How did Dr. Frederick Flinn react to Raymond Berry's accusation that he held no medical license or degree?

3. What steps did Peg Looney's family take in order to ensure that the autopsy performed on Peg's body would yield honest results and how were their attempts thwarted?

4. What reasons does the narrator give for Grace Fryer's confusion when she heard that the United States Radium Corporation had rejected her offer to settle?

5. What was the significance of many of the dial-painters buying cars with their settlement monies?

6. How did Raymond Berry find out that Dr. Frederick Flinn held no medical license of any kind?

7. What was The List of the Doomed and who made it?

8. What results were yielded by the national radium conference held in December of 1928?

9. What prevented the Cruse family from pursuing their case against Radium Dial to hold them accountable in the death of Ella Cruse?

10. What ray of hope emerged when a Russian doctor stepped forward to help with the dial-painters' care and what was the outcome?

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