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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 studio.
(b) A internship site.
(c) A paradise.
(d) A warehouse.

2. The city of Newark, New Jersey was termed the city of what?
(a) New beginnings.
(b) Upward movement.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Opportunity.

3. On what street was Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?
(a) Ninety-first Street.
(b) Fourth Street.
(c) Tenth Street.
(d) Third Street.

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

5. What position did Anna Rooney hold at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Forewoman.
(b) Inspector.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Insurance claims adjuster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sabin von Schocky do when he found that radium had gotten into his left index finger?

2. Katherine Wiley of the Consumer League campaigned to have what disease added to the list of legally compensable occupational diseases?

3. When John Roach, the deputy commissioner of the Department of Labor, heard that "the report supplied by the firm was a whitewash" (115), he requested a full copy of the study. What reason did Arthur Roeder give when he refused John Roach's request?

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

5. When George L. Warren, the county physician for Essex County, died on a trolley ride, who replaced him and eventually became a champion for the dial-painters' cause?

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