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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what decade of life was Raymond Berry, Grace Fryer's lawyer, when she first contacted him?
(a) Thirties.
(b) Twenties.
(c) Seventies.
(d) Fifties.

2. Katherine Wiley of the Consumer League campaigned to have what disease added to the list of legally compensable occupational diseases?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Phossy jaw.
(c) Radium necrosis.
(d) Syphilis.

3. How many surgeries did Grace Fryer ultimately have performed on her jaw?
(a) 25.
(b) 11.
(c) 6.
(d) 15.

4. The blood tests Cecil K. Drinker performed on the dial-painters at the United States Radium Corporation elicited his finding that none of the dial-painters had what?
(a) Wholly normal blood.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Radium poisoning.
(d) Hemophilia.

5. What amount of money did the first suit filed by a dial-painter request from the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) $75,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $90,000.
(d) $30,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. By whom was Edna Hussman employed when she was examined by Dr. Frederick Flinn?

3. When Catherine Wolfe Donohue was too ill to continue as a dial-painter at Radium Dial, what job was she given instead?

4. Due to radium poisoning, Edna Hussman's legs eventually took on what condition?

5. Once Katherine Schaub started staying at home and refusing to go out, what was the only occasion to get her out of the house?

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