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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of Katherine Schaub's trainer in her first apprenticeship position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Marguerite Glacinski.
(b) Catherine Wolfe.
(c) Mae Cubberley.
(d) Grace Fryer.

3. When Swen Kjaer from the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted an investigation of Radium Dial's operations in 1925, how many dial-painters at the Ottawa studio were questioned?
(a) Three.
(b) Twenty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Fifty.

4. By 1925, Radium Dial became the largest dial-painting plant in the United States, supplying how many dials per day?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 3,600.
(d) 4,300.

5. What form did the ongoing argument between Cecil K. Drinker and Arthur Roeder take in 1924 after Cecil K. Drinker's investigation resulted in his claim that radium was causing harm to the dial-painters at the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) In-person meetings.
(b) Letters.
(c) Telegrams.
(d) Phone calls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of hair was used in the brushes with which the girls painted the dials at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

2. What role did Josiah Stryker inhabit within the United States Radium Corporation?

3. Grace Fryer was motivated to take a position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation by what reason?

4. What amount of money did the first suit filed by a dial-painter request from the United States Radium Corporation?

5. For what period of time did Swen Kjaer's national study of the radium dial-painting industry last?

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