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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what hospital was Ella Cruse admitted when her pimple grew in size and caused her entire face to swell?
(a) Newark Hospital.
(b) St. Columba Hospital.
(c) Ottawa City Hospital.
(d) General Hospital.

2. The Ottawa Daily Times reported at the time of the New Jersey settlements against the United States Radium Corporation that the first manifestation of radium poisoning was decay of what?
(a) Femurs and shinbones.
(b) Vertebrae.
(c) Gums and teeth.
(d) Toenails and fingernails.

3. 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) Letters.
(b) Telegrams.
(c) In-person meetings.
(d) Phone calls.

4. Of everyone described within the narrative of the book, whose breath contained the most radiation upon being tested?
(a) Grace Fryer.
(b) Arthur Roeder.
(c) Katherine Schaub.
(d) Sabin Von Sochocky.

5. In what discipline did Cecil K. Drinker work at the time he conducted a study at the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) Communicable disease.
(b) Occupational health.
(c) Pharmaceutical safety.
(d) Industrial hygiene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Arthur Roeder held what position at the United States Radium Corporation?

2. To whom did Katherine Schaub write a sincere letter of thanks in the summer of 1928?

3. 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)?

4. What adjective did Arthur Roeder use in a letter to Cecil K. Drinker to describe his own response to Cecil K. Drinker's final findings about the United States Radium Corporation?

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

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