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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1930, the Illinois Industrial Commission notified Radium Dial that it was out of compliance with the Workmen's Compensation Act due to having no insurance. What did the commission then force Radium Dial to do?
(a) They forced them to provide the workers with health insurance.
(b) They forced them to place $10,000 in a commission bank account.
(c) They forced them to close the plant until they found an insurer.
(d) They forced them to raise the wages paid to their workers.

2. Grace Fryer was motivated to take a position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation by what reason?
(a) She wanted to work alongside all of her best friends.
(b) She wanted to be able to buy nice clothes with her earnings.
(c) She wanted to help with the war effort.
(d) She wanted to have the prestige of working with the wonder substance of radium.

3. When Catherine Wolfe Donahue became too ill to make it upstairs in her home, where did Tom Donahue bring her bed?
(a) Into the living room.
(b) Onto the enclosed porch.
(c) Onto the open patio.
(d) To her sister's house.

4. Under state law in the early twentieth century in New Jersey, the Department of Labor had no authority to stop an industrial process even if it was what?
(a) Polluting the surrounding areas.
(b) Profitable.
(c) Costly.
(d) Harmful.

5. How many witnesses did Arthur Magid, the lawyer hired by Radium Dial, call to the stand during the trial?
(a) 0.
(b) 33.
(c) 1.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What arrangements did Rufus Reed make for Peg Looney when she collapsed at work at Radium Dial in August of 1929?

2. When Lloyd Craver tried to convince Katherine Schaub to take a lump sum in lieu of her medical bills being paid by the United States Radium Corporation for the rest of her life, what false reason did he cite?

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

4. What was the name of the judge who presided over the Radium Dial trial?

5. What happened when Dr. Walter Dalistsch was asked on the stand whether Catherine Wolfe Donahue's condition was fatal?

(see the answer key)

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