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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By whom was Dr. Frederick Flinn paid when he researched the possible harm being caused by various companies' use of radium?
(a) By the United States Department of Labor.
(b) By the unions.
(c) By the dial-painting victims.
(d) By the companies being investigated.

2. Who looked pointedly at Grace Fryer on one instance within the studio and warned her not to lip-point, a comment that would later take on great significance in court?
(a) Katherine Schaub.
(b) Mollie Maggia.
(c) Grace Fryer.
(d) Sabin von Schocky.

3. Who was charged with reading aloud the judge's verdict in the case against Radium Dial?
(a) The chairman of the Illinois Industrial Commission.
(b) The head of the Consumers League.
(c) Arthur Roeder.
(d) Rufus Reed.

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) Costly.
(b) Profitable.
(c) Polluting the surrounding areas.
(d) Harmful.

5. The radium powder at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation was mixed with what substance in order to create the luminous paint used to paint the dials?
(a) Zinc oxide.
(b) Zinc sulfide.
(c) Phosphorous.
(d) Ammonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did Katherine Schaub write a sincere letter of thanks in the summer of 1928?

2. To what position was Katherine Schaub promoted after the term of her apprenticeship?

3. When Rufus Reed had Tom Donahue arrested after their altercation in the street, what was NOT one of the charges he brought against Tom Donahue?

4. Grace Fryer came from a family of how many children?

5. How long were the painting pens in use at Radium Dial before they were abandoned?

(see the answer key)

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