The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Kate Moore
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Kate Moore
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sabin von Schocky do when he found that radium had gotten into his left index finger?
(a) He set his finger on fire.
(b) He poured milk on it to counteract the radium's effects.
(c) He cut the tip of his finger off.
(d) He kept ice on his finger for 24 hours.

2. By whom was radium discovered?
(a) Isaac Newton.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Marie and Pierre Curie.
(d) Charles Darwin.

3. 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?
(a) 2-3 glasses per day.
(b) 1-2 glasses per day.
(c) 12-14 glasses per day.
(d) 5-7 glasses per day.

4. Part of the allure of the jobs available at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation was that the site of business was called a what, rather than a factory?
(a) A internship site.
(b) A warehouse.
(c) A paradise.
(d) A studio.

5. The author points out that in contrast to the radium testing labs, where the scientists took precautions with radium, the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation studio workers took no precautions. What item is NOT on the list the author gives of the items missing from the studio workers' lives?
(a) Medical experts.
(b) Lead aprons.
(c) Lead gloves.
(d) Ivory-tipped forceps.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who looked pointedly at Grace Fryer on one instance within the studio and warned her not to lip-point, a comment that would later take on great significance in court?

5. In what city was the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?

(see the answer key)

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