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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of everyone described within the narrative of the book, whose breath contained the most radiation upon being tested?
(a) Grace Fryer.
(b) Sabin Von Sochocky.
(c) Arthur Roeder.
(d) Katherine Schaub.

2. What response did Dr. Hoffman receive when he wrote to Arthur Roeder, asking him to help Grace Fryer "in a spirit of fairness and justice" (175)?
(a) Arthur Roeder sent Dr. Hoffman $100 to give to Grace Fryer.
(b) Dr. Hoffman was told that Arthur Roeder no longer worked for the United States Radium Corporation.
(c) Arthur Roeder told Dr. Hoffman that he did not know anyone named Grace Fryer.
(d) Arthur Roeder requested a restraining order against Dr. Hoffman.

3. 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.

4. 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. Ernest Miser.
(b) Dr. Anthony Cruz.
(c) Dr. Mayweather Marion.
(d) Dr. Theodore Blum.

5. Who took over as superintendent of Radium Dial when Miss Murray died of cancer?
(a) Arthur Roeder.
(b) Katherine Wiley.
(c) Joseph Knef.
(d) Rufus Reed.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what type of establishment did Grace Fryer work after she left her position as a dial-painter?

2. 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?

3. Sabin von Schocky held what position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

4. When George L. Warren, the county physician for Essex County, died on a trolley ride, who replaced him and eventually became a champion for the dial-painters' cause?

5. When Katherine Schaub first started working at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, she was placed into an apprenticeship in what position?

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