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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. In the full-page Ottawa Daily Times ad placed by Radium Dial three days after the New Jersey settlements, on what did they place the blame for the New Jersey dial-painters' afflictions?

2. Who gave her father $2,000 to pay off his mortgage once she had received her settlement?

3. In what city was St. Columba Church located?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were the reasons for attorneys' reluctance to take a dial-painter's case against the United States Radium Corporation?

3. 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?

4. What were Quinta McDonald's two requests that were made before her death and what were the results of her requests?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's decision to include a variety of photographs within the text. What purpose did she have in mind when including images of the dial-painters and other subjects? Back up your strong, specific claim about the author's use of photographs with concrete details from the images she includes in the book.

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the dentist Dr. Knef's false discovery that Mollie Maggia was positive for syphilis? How does this event connect to the narrative's overarching themes?

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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