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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 46-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sabin von Schocky held what position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Founder.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Inspector.
(d) Human Resources Director.

2. In January of 1927, Grace Fryer was fitted with a solid steel back brace that she was forbidden to abandon for longer than what period at a time?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two days.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Two minutes.

3. Most dial-painters in the United States were the daughters and granddaughters of whom?
(a) Socialists.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) Industrialists.
(d) Scientists.

4. Most of the dial-painters who received settlements from the United States Radium Corporation did what during the following summer?
(a) Became paraplegics.
(b) Went on trips.
(c) Died.
(d) Checked into the hospital.

5. When The United States Radium Corporation settled its first lawsuits filed by dial-painters, how many former workers were paid by the company?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Three.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the amount of the lowest settlement offered by the Waterbury Company to one of its former workers' families?

2. Who gave her father $2,000 to pay off his mortgage once she had received her settlement?

3. Which group of people was notably absent from the first day of the trial proceedings?

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

5. What song about radium became a hit after being featured in the Broadway musical Piff! Paff! Pouf!?

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