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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who once remarked, "There may be a condition into which radium has not yet entered that would produce dire results; everybody handling it should have care," (18) though his advice was ignored by the industry?
(a) Isaac Newton.
(b) Anna Mooney.
(c) Nikola Tesla.
(d) Thomas Edison.

3. In what city was St. Columba Church located?
(a) Orange.
(b) Ottawa.
(c) Hoboken.
(d) Newark.

4. 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) Phone calls.
(b) Letters.
(c) In-person meetings.
(d) Telegrams.

5. Attorneys were reluctant to take Grace Fryer's case due to the United States Radium Corporation's status as all but which of the following?
(a) A wealthy company.
(b) A powerful company.
(c) A failing company.
(d) A well-connected company.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what period of time did Swen Kjaer's national study of the radium dial-painting industry last?

3. When The United States Radium Corporation settled its first lawsuits filed by dial-painters, how many former workers were paid by the company?

4. Whose family first joined the lawsuit Marguerite Carlough had filed against the United States Radium Corporation?

5. Why did Cecil K. Drinker refrain from publishing the report of his findings after his investigation of the United States Radium Company?

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