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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 was the first of the United States dial-painters to file suit against her employer?
(a) Grace Fryer.
(b) Katherine Schaub.
(c) Peg Looney.
(d) Marguerite Carlough.

2. Grace Fryer came from a family of how many children?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

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

4. Dr. Harrison Martland believed that radium was notoriously less what than mesothorium?
(a) Less poisonous.
(b) Less forgiving.
(c) Less aggressive.
(d) Less debilitating.

5. How long were the painting pens in use at Radium Dial before they were abandoned?
(a) Three months.
(b) Three years.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the appointed physician for the five girls who won settlements from the United States Radium Corporation?

2. When Edna Hussman stumbled on the street and her husband helped her to walk to the hospital, what was the doctor's diagnosis?

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

4. To what position was Katherine Schaub promoted after the term of her apprenticeship?

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

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