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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of hair was used in the brushes with which the girls painted the dials at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Rabbit hair.
(b) Horse hair.
(c) Human hair.
(d) Camel hair.

2. Having hit multiple dead ends in her fight against the United States Radium Corporation, Grace Fryer contacted the lawyer Raymond Berry in May of what year?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1921.

3. 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) A friend of hers told her about an open position there.
(c) She read about the job in a newspaper.
(d) She attended the Grand Opening of the building.

4. Part of the allure of the jobs available at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation was that the site of business was called a what, rather than a factory?
(a) A internship site.
(b) A paradise.
(c) A studio.
(d) A warehouse.

5. What adjective did the discoverer of radium use often to describe the element?
(a) Wondrous.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Enigmatic.
(d) Beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Before dipping their brushes into the radium, what action were the dial-painters at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation instructed to take?

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

4. When Cecil K. Drinker found out that the United States Radium Corporation had suppressed his report, he made a deal with Arthur Roeder that he would not publish the report as long as Arthur Roeder immediately took what action?

5. In what city was St. Columba Church located?

(see the answer key)

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