1. Tom Donahue and Al Purcell were among those laid off from what Ottawa, Illinois company in 1937?
(a) The Libbey-Owens glass factory.
(b) The John Deere Harvester Works.
(c) The Overweis Dairy.
(d) The Long Grove Confectionary Company.

2. In what year was the first suit filed by a dial-painter, in this case against the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1931.

3. To what hospital was Ella Cruse admitted when her pimple grew in size and caused her entire face to swell?
(a) General Hospital.
(b) Ottawa City Hospital.
(c) St. Columba Hospital.
(d) Newark Hospital.

4. Catherine Wolfe Donahue and Tom Donahue had been married for how many years by the start of the trial?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 16.
(d) 6.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective did Arthur Roeder use in a letter to Cecil K. Drinker to describe his own response to Cecil K. Drinker's final findings about the United States Radium Corporation?

2. In 1928, Joseph Kelly applied to how many different insurance forms in an unsuccessful attempt to insure the Radium Dial plant and its workers?

3. Where did Catherine Wolfe meet her future husband, Tom Wolfe?

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

5. How many surgeries did Grace Fryer ultimately have performed on her jaw?

(see the answer key)

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