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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By whom was radium discovered?
(a) Marie and Pierre Curie.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) Charles Darwin.

2. How did Katherine Schaub come to work at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) She attended the Grand Opening of the building.
(b) She walked by the building one day on her way to school.
(c) A friend of hers told her about an open position there.
(d) She read about the job in a newspaper.

3. What song about radium became a hit after being featured in the Broadway musical Piff! Paff! Pouf!?
(a) Radium Dance.
(b) Radium Romance.
(c) Radium Racket.
(d) Radium City.

4. To what position was Katherine Schaub promoted after the term of her apprenticeship?
(a) Dial-painter.
(b) Inspector.
(c) Tax adjuster.
(d) Forewoman.

5. In early-twentith century popular culture, radium was dubbed as liquid what?
(a) Luminosity.
(b) Pep.
(c) Health.
(d) Sunshine.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Edna Hussman was examined by Dr. Frederick Flinn, what conclusion did he reach that he then shared with Edna Hussman?

2. When Katherine Schaub first started working at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, she was placed into an apprenticeship in what position?

3. The paper dials painted by Radium Luminous Materials Corporation workers had black backgrounds and numerals of what color?

4. In 1923, what company acted as Radium Dial's main client, due to its 60% share of the U.S. alarm market?

5. What type of hair was used in the brushes with which the girls painted the dials at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

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