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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After four years of trying to have a child, Albina Maggia experienced what complication during the birth of the baby she had brought to full term?
(a) It was a breech birth.
(b) She had to receive a Caesarean section.
(c) The child was born a paraplegic.
(d) The child was stillborn.

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) Trial dates.
(c) Her mother's funeral.
(d) Church.

3. When Grace Fryer visited Dr. Robert Humphries, what adjective did he use to describe Grace's vertebrae upon examining her x-rays?
(a) Normal.
(b) Pulverized.
(c) Misaligned.
(d) Crushed.

4. Before dipping their brushes into the radium, what action were the dial-painters at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation instructed to take?
(a) To swirl the brush's end against their clothing.
(b) To put the brush to their lips.
(c) To dip their brushes into the pot of phosphorous.
(d) To put the brush behind their ears.

5. The greenish-white luminous paint used to paint the watch dials went by what name?
(a) Unblack.
(b) Undark.
(c) Lighterous.
(d) Luminest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was the mark the scientist found on his skin in 1901 after keeping a piece of radium in his pocket, as described in the book's prologue?

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

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

4. By 1925, Radium Dial became the largest dial-painting plant in the United States, supplying how many dials per day?

5. Attorneys were reluctant to take Grace Fryer's case due to the United States Radium Corporation's status as all but which of the following?

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