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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Part of the allure of the jobs available at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation was that the site of business was called a what, rather than a factory?
(a) A internship site.
(b) A warehouse.
(c) A studio.
(d) A paradise.

3. What was the name of Katherine Schaub's trainer in her first apprenticeship position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Mae Cubberley.
(b) Marguerite Glacinski.
(c) Grace Fryer.
(d) Catherine Wolfe.

4. How old was Katherine Schaub when she first started working at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) 14.
(b) 18.
(c) 11.
(d) 16.

5. On what day in 1917 did Congress vote America into joining World War I?
(a) April 6th.
(b) October 30th.
(c) May 18th.
(d) June 6th.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Katherine Schaub come to work at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

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

3. The greenish-white luminous paint used to paint the watch dials went by what name?

4. The author points out that in contrast to the radium testing labs, where the scientists took precautions with radium, the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation studio workers took no precautions. What item is NOT on the list the author gives of the items missing from the studio workers' lives?

5. In what year was radium first discovered?

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