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

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

2. In 1924, New Jersey enacted "a new law that made industrial diseases compensable" (88), but any legal claim had to be filed within what time frame after the point of injury?
(a) Two years.
(b) One year.
(c) Five months.
(d) Five years.

3. How did Katherine Schaub come to work at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) A friend of hers told her about an open position there.
(b) She read about the job in a newspaper.
(c) She attended the Grand Opening of the building.
(d) She walked by the building one day on her way to school.

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

5. What response did Dr. Hoffman receive when he wrote to Arthur Roeder, asking him to help Grace Fryer "in a spirit of fairness and justice" (175)?
(a) Dr. Hoffman was told that Arthur Roeder no longer worked for the United States Radium Corporation.
(b) Arthur Roeder sent Dr. Hoffman $100 to give to Grace Fryer.
(c) Arthur Roeder told Dr. Hoffman that he did not know anyone named Grace Fryer.
(d) Arthur Roeder requested a restraining order against Dr. Hoffman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of hair was used in the brushes with which the girls painted the dials at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

2. In 1923, what company acted as Radium Dial's main client, due to its 60% share of the U.S. alarm market?

3. What diagnosis did Dr. Humphries in Orange provide to Quinta McDonald before he bound her in plaster from "her diaphragm to her knees" (95)?

4. When Cecil K. Drinker found out that the United States Radium Corporation had suppressed his report, he made a deal with Arthur Roeder that he would not publish the report as long as Arthur Roeder immediately took what action?

5. By whom was Edna Hussman employed when she was examined by Dr. Frederick Flinn?

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