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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 Katherine Schaub first started working at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, she was placed into an apprenticeship in what position?
(a) Cafeteria worker.
(b) Floor-sweeper.
(c) Dial-painter.
(d) Inspector.

2. In what year was the first suit filed by a dial-painter, in this case against the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1931.

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

4. Until 1922, Cecil K. Drinker's department at Harvard was wholly funded by what source?
(a) Commercial firms.
(b) The Drinker family's wealth.
(c) Government grants.
(d) Taxes.

5. When the Westclox company hit a new production high of 1.5 million luminous watches in 1926, what percentage of the watches were painted by Radium Dial?
(a) 80%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 100%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose family first joined the lawsuit Marguerite Carlough had filed against the United States Radium Corporation?

2. 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?

3. Most dial-painters in the United States were the daughters and granddaughters of whom?

4. What type of hair was used in the brushes with which the girls painted the dials at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

5. 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?

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