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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Grace Fryer.
(b) Katherine Schaub.
(c) Mollie Maggia.
(d) Sabin von Schocky.

2. What was Catherine Wolfe Donohue told when she asked the Radium Dial Company for the results of the medical tests they had recently performed on her?
(a) The results would be published in the newspaper very soon.
(b) She needed to see her own personal physician.
(c) She could see the results, but could not have a copy of her own.
(d) The information could not be given out.

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

4. What response did Dr. Hoffman receive when he wrote to Arthur Roeder, asking him to help Grace Fryer "in a spirit of fairness and justice" (175)?
(a) Arthur Roeder told Dr. Hoffman that he did not know anyone named Grace Fryer.
(b) Dr. Hoffman was told that Arthur Roeder no longer worked for the United States Radium Corporation.
(c) Arthur Roeder sent Dr. Hoffman $100 to give to Grace Fryer.
(d) Arthur Roeder requested a restraining order against Dr. Hoffman.

5. Who once remarked, "There may be a condition into which radium has not yet entered that would produce dire results; everybody handling it should have care," (18) though his advice was ignored by the industry?
(a) Isaac Newton.
(b) Nikola Tesla.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) Anna Mooney.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many surgeries did Grace Fryer ultimately have performed on her jaw?

2. Who said, "It is not for myself I care. I am thinking more of the hundreds of girls to whom this [settlement] may serve as an example" (232)?

3. For how long did The United States Radium Corporation fight the first lawsuits filed by dial-painters before they settled with the workers out of court?

4. In what discipline did Cecil K. Drinker work at the time he conducted a study at the United States Radium Corporation?

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

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