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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what period of time did Swen Kjaer's national study of the radium dial-painting industry last?
(a) Three months.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One year.
(d) Three years.

2. 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?
(a) Heartbroken.
(b) Mystified.
(c) Panicked.
(d) Angry.

3. The radium powder at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation was mixed with what substance in order to create the luminous paint used to paint the dials?
(a) Phosphorous.
(b) Zinc oxide.
(c) Zinc sulfide.
(d) Ammonia.

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

5. What did Sabin von Schocky do when he found that radium had gotten into his left index finger?
(a) He kept ice on his finger for 24 hours.
(b) He cut the tip of his finger off.
(c) He set his finger on fire.
(d) He poured milk on it to counteract the radium's effects.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who looked pointedly at Grace Fryer on one instance within the studio and warned her not to lip-point, a comment that would later take on great significance in court?

2. When Radium Dial conducted an internal investigation of its workers' health, how many of the dial-painters were told of their results?

3. What amount of money did the first suit filed by a dial-painter request from the United States Radium Corporation?

4. What song about radium became a hit after being featured in the Broadway musical Piff! Paff! Pouf!?

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

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