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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 Dr. Frederick Flinn paid when he researched the possible harm being caused by various companies' use of radium?
(a) By the companies being investigated.
(b) By the United States Department of Labor.
(c) By the unions.
(d) By the dial-painting victims.

2. Katherine Wiley of the Consumer League campaigned to have what disease added to the list of legally compensable occupational diseases?
(a) Radium necrosis.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Phossy jaw.
(d) Syphilis.

3. When Radium Dial conducted an internal investigation of its workers' health, how many of the dial-painters were told of their results?
(a) Zero.
(b) Fewer than ten.
(c) One.
(d) Fewer than five.

4. Under state law in the early twentieth century in New Jersey, the Department of Labor had no authority to stop an industrial process even if it was what?
(a) Harmful.
(b) Costly.
(c) Profitable.
(d) Polluting the surrounding areas.

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 file suit against the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, he would refuse to treat them.
(c) He said that if they did not pay him in full, he would refuse to treat them.
(d) He said that if they did not start brushing their teeth regularly, he would refuse to treat them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what discipline did Cecil K. Drinker work at the time he conducted a study at the United States Radium Corporation?

3. Grace Fryer was motivated to take a position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation by what reason?

4. Katherine Wiley, the woman who conducted an independent investigation into the health of the dial-painters at the United States Radium Corporation, worked for what organization?

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

(see the answer key)

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