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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Swen Kjaer from the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted an investigation of Radium Dial's scientific laboratories in 1925, what two safeguards did he find the scientists using in their work with radium?
(a) Protective suits and gloves.
(b) Lead aprons and safety glasses.
(c) Safety glasses and limited working hours.
(d) Lead screens and vacations from work.

2. Where did Catherine Wolfe meet her future husband, Tom Wolfe?
(a) At the library.
(b) At a picnic.
(c) At church.
(d) At school.

3. 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) Radium poisoning.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Hemophilia.

4. What types of product were produced by the Waterbury Company in Connecticut?
(a) Pocket watches.
(b) Paints.
(c) Batteries.
(d) Clocks.

5. Most dial-painters in the United States were the daughters and granddaughters of whom?
(a) Socialists.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Industrialists.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long were the painting pens in use at Radium Dial before they were abandoned?

2. 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?

3. By whom was Dr. Frederick Flinn paid when he researched the possible harm being caused by various companies' use of radium?

4. When the girls at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation started to worry that the paint they used may be dangerous, doctors from New York came and assured the girls that the paint was harmless due to what reason?

5. When Dr. Robert Humphries at the orthopedic hospital examined Edna Hussman's legs for the first time, what did he find?

(see the answer key)

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