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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Nikola Tesla.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) Anna Mooney.
(d) Isaac Newton.

2. Once Katherine Schaub started staying at home and refusing to go out, what was the only occasion to get her out of the house?
(a) Grocery shopping.
(b) Church.
(c) Trial dates.
(d) Her mother's funeral.

3. Who appealed to The United States Radium Corporation to monetarily help his patient, Hazel Cuzer, with her medical bills, and was turned down by the company?
(a) Dr. Theodore Blum.
(b) Dr. Anthony Cruz.
(c) Dr. Mayweather Marion.
(d) Dr. Ernest Miser.

4. Whose family first joined the lawsuit Marguerite Carlough had filed against the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) Nellie Quinlan.
(b) Helen Quinlan.
(c) Frances Splettstocher.
(d) Hazel Kuzer.

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) Fractured femur.
(b) Sprained knee.
(c) Fractured ankle.
(d) Sprained ankle.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what industry was the term "lip-pointing" (56) inherited?

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

3. In January of 1924, what ultimatum did Dr. Barry give the girls he treated who worked at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

4. Katherine Wiley launched a campaign to amend what type of law that affected the dial-painters?

5. In what city was St. Columba Church located?

(see the answer key)

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