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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Prior to joining the Industrial Commission and acting as the judge in the Radium Dial case, what jobs had George B. Marvel held?
(a) Steel worker and lawyer.
(b) Librarian and hot dog vendor.
(c) Doctor and fiction writer.
(d) Lawyer and bank president.

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

3. On what part of Catherine Wolfe Donahue's body was the hard tumor that eventually grew to the size of a grapefruit?
(a) Her jaw.
(b) Her elbow.
(c) Her knee.
(d) Her hip.

4. From what industry was the term "lip-pointing" (56) inherited?
(a) Chimney-sweeping.
(b) Embroidery.
(c) Lace-making.
(d) China-painting.

5. What types of product were produced by the Waterbury Company in Connecticut?
(a) Batteries.
(b) Paints.
(c) Clocks.
(d) Pocket watches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What response did Dr. Hoffman receive when he wrote to Arthur Roeder, asking him to help Grace Fryer "in a spirit of fairness and justice" (175)?

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

3. When John Roach, the deputy commissioner of the Department of Labor, heard that "the report supplied by the firm was a whitewash" (115), he requested a full copy of the study. What reason did Arthur Roeder give when he refused John Roach's request?

4. At what church was the funeral for Quinta McDonald held?

5. What newspaper was "arguably the most powerful newspaper in America at the time" (195) and helped to spread the word about the dial-painters' plight?

(see the answer key)

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