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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the girls at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation started to worry that the paint they used may be dangerous, doctors from New York came and assured the girls that the paint was harmless due to what reason?
(a) There was no phosphorous in the paint.
(b) The amount of radium in the paint was miniscule.
(c) The paint would only be harmful in extremely cold working conditions.
(d) Radium takes years to harm the human body.

2. The paper dials painted by Radium Luminous Materials Corporation workers had black backgrounds and numerals of what color?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

3. Grace Fryer came from a family of how many children?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

4. What color was the mark the scientist found on his skin in 1901 after keeping a piece of radium in his pocket, as described in the book's prologue?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

5. In January of 1924, what ultimatum did Dr. Barry give the girls he treated who worked at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) He said if they did not quit their jobs, he would refuse to treat them.
(b) He said that if they did not start brushing their teeth regularly, he would refuse to treat them.
(c) He said that if they did not file suit against the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, he would refuse to treat them.
(d) He said that if they did not pay him in full, he would refuse to treat them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Katherine Schaub when she first started working at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

2. Marketed to wealthy clients, a radium lined-jar that could be filled with water to make the water radioactive was recommended in what dose per day?

3. In what year was radium first discovered?

4. Who once remarked, "There may be a condition into which radium has not yet entered that would produce dire results; everybody handling it should have care," (18) though his advice was ignored by the industry?

5. On what street was Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?

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