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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day in 1917 did Congress vote America into joining World War I?
(a) October 30th.
(b) June 6th.
(c) April 6th.
(d) May 18th.

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?
(a) He had no chemistry experience.
(b) He was cheating on his wife.
(c) He had no medical license.
(d) He had never examined even one of the plaintiffs.

3. When Ella Cruse died from radium poisoning, how many weeks before had she been painting dials at Radium Dial?
(a) Six weeks before.
(b) One week before.
(c) Two weeks before.
(d) Eight weeks before.

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

5. What was the name of Katherine Schaub's trainer in her first apprenticeship position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Mae Cubberley.
(b) Marguerite Glacinski.
(c) Catherine Wolfe.
(d) Grace Fryer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though during Swen Kjaer's visit to the Radium Dial studio in Ottowa, he saw water bowls being used by the dial-painters to clean their brushes, how does his observation during the visit differ from photographs he is given at a later date?

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

3. 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?

4. What amount of money did the first suit filed by a dial-painter request from the United States Radium Corporation?

5. In 1923, what company acted as Radium Dial's main client, due to its 60% share of the U.S. alarm market?

(see the answer key)

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