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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cecil K. Drinker's investigative report into radium poisoning stated that radium has a similar chemical nature to what element?
(a) Lead.
(b) Calcium.
(c) Radon.
(d) Phosphorous.

2. The blood tests Cecil K. Drinker performed on the dial-painters at the United States Radium Corporation elicited his finding that none of the dial-painters had what?
(a) Radium poisoning.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Hemophilia.
(d) Wholly normal blood.

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

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?
(a) Sent a full copy of the report to John Roach.
(b) Paid Cecil K. Drinker $50,000.
(c) Instituted a set of safety measures to protect the dial-painters.
(d) Sent a full copy of the report to the New York Times for publication.

5. How old was Katherine Schaub when she first started working at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) 18.
(b) 11.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day in 1917 did Congress vote America into joining World War I?

2. What was the name of Katherine Schaub's trainer in her first apprenticeship position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

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

4. Whose family first joined the lawsuit Marguerite Carlough had filed against the United States Radium Corporation?

5. How old was Hazel Kuzer when she died of radium poisoning?

(see the answer key)

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