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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Katherine Schaub first started working at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, she was placed into an apprenticeship in what position?
(a) Inspector.
(b) Dial-painter.
(c) Cafeteria worker.
(d) Floor-sweeper.

2. Whose family first joined the lawsuit Marguerite Carlough had filed against the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) Frances Splettstocher.
(b) Helen Quinlan.
(c) Hazel Kuzer.
(d) Nellie Quinlan.

3. What form did the ongoing argument between Cecil K. Drinker and Arthur Roeder take in 1924 after Cecil K. Drinker's investigation resulted in his claim that radium was causing harm to the dial-painters at the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) Letters.
(b) Phone calls.
(c) Telegrams.
(d) In-person meetings.

4. Cecil K. Drinker's investigative report into radium poisoning stated that radium has a similar chemical nature to what element?
(a) Phosphorous.
(b) Lead.
(c) Radon.
(d) Calcium.

5. What amount of money did the first suit filed by a dial-painter request from the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) $75,000.
(b) $90,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $30,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of Katherine Schaub's trainer in her first apprenticeship position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

3. How old was Hazel Kuzer when she died of radium poisoning?

4. 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?

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

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