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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 3 years.

2. How old was Katherine Schaub when she first started working at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) 18.
(b) 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

3. At what type of establishment did Grace Fryer work after she left her position as a dial-painter?
(a) A pharmacy.
(b) A library.
(c) A school.
(d) A bank.

4. In what year did Catherine Wolfe and Tom Donohue marry?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1932.

5. When Edna Hussman stumbled on the street and her husband helped her to walk to the hospital, what was the doctor's diagnosis?
(a) Sprained knee.
(b) Fractured femur.
(c) Fractured ankle.
(d) Sprained ankle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part of the allure of the jobs available at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation was that the site of business was called a what, rather than a factory?

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

3. By whom was radium discovered?

4. Cecil K. Drinker's investigative report into radium poisoning stated that radium has a similar chemical nature to what element?

5. What period of time passed between the time Grace Fryer read about the United States Radium Corporation's first paid settlements and the filing of her own lawsuit against the United States Radium Corporation?

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