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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Ottawa Daily Times reported at the time of the New Jersey settlements against the United States Radium Corporation that the first manifestation of radium poisoning was decay of what?

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

3. At what type of establishment did Grace Fryer work after she left her position as a dial-painter?

4. What crucial piece of information did Raymond Berry uncover about Dr. Frederick Flinn, who was working as an expert witness for several radium companies?

5. What was the final amount of the lump sum paid by the United States Radium Corporation to each litigant?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What were Raymond Berry's qualifications as a lawyer?

5. What was the significance of Katherine Schaub's purchase of a typewriter with part of her settlement monies?

6. What indecent proposal did Dr. Joseph Knef make to the executives at the United States Radium Corporation?

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

8. What was particularly difficult about Peg Looney's stay in the company doctor's hospital prior to her death from radium poisoning?

9. How did the five dial-painters who had settled with the United States Radium Corporation try to help Mae Canfield with her own case?

10. Why did Edna Hussman not realize how badly she had been injured after her fall on the street?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of hope depicted within the narrative despite the grim subject at the center of its story?

Essay Topic 2

Choose a symbolic object from the book, such as the camel-hair brush used to paint the dials, Grace Fryer's handkerchief that she holds to her infected jaw throughout her testimony at trial, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's treatment of the climactic scene of the dial-painters' final trial and what techniques she uses in order to build suspense for the reader.

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