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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Catherine Wolfe and Tom Donohue marry?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1939.

2. 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) Ammonia.
(b) Zinc oxide.
(c) Zinc sulfide.
(d) Phosphorous.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was radium such a scarce resource?

2. At what type of establishment did Grace Fryer work after she left her position as a dial-painter?

3. What color was the mark the scientist found on his skin in 1901 after keeping a piece of radium in his pocket, as described in the book's prologue?

4. When Dr. Robert Humphries at the orthopedic hospital examined Edna Hussman's legs for the first time, what did he find?

5. Who appealed to The United States Radium Corporation to monetarily help his patient, Hazel Cuzer, with her medical bills, and was turned down by the company?

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