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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What song about radium became a hit after being featured in the Broadway musical Piff! Paff! Pouf!?
(a) Radium Dance.
(b) Radium Racket.
(c) Radium City.
(d) Radium Romance.

3. The city of Newark, New Jersey was termed the city of what?
(a) Freedom.
(b) New beginnings.
(c) Upward movement.
(d) Opportunity.

4. How did Katherine Schaub come to work at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) She walked by the building one day on her way to school.
(b) She read about the job in a newspaper.
(c) She attended the Grand Opening of the building.
(d) A friend of hers told her about an open position there.

5. In what city was St. Columba Church located?
(a) Hoboken.
(b) Newark.
(c) Ottawa.
(d) Orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though a normal blood count should be 100%, Marguerite Carlough's blood eventually reached what percentage prior to her death?

2. In what city was the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?

3. Marguerite Carlough died in the early morning hours of what holiday in 1925?

4. When Radium Dial conducted an internal investigation of its workers' health, how many of the dial-painters were told of their results?

5. What material did Rufus Reed use to construct a painting pen that was then given to the dial-painters as a suggested replacement for their brushes?

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