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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To what position was Katherine Schaub promoted after the term of her apprenticeship?
(a) Tax adjuster.
(b) Inspector.
(c) Dial-painter.
(d) Forewoman.

3. Why was radium such a scarce resource?
(a) Radium destroyed itself very quickly upon coming into contact with oxygen.
(b) The main continent on which radium could be found was Antarctica.
(c) Radium was very difficult to extract from its source.
(d) Only one location in the world existed from which the radium could be extracted.

4. In the full-page Ottawa Daily Times ad placed by Radium Dial three days after the New Jersey settlements, on what did they place the blame for the New Jersey dial-painters' afflictions?
(a) They said the women affected by so-called radium poisoning had actually contracted syphilis.
(b) They said the women affected by so-called radium poisoning worked for companies that added mesothorium to its paint.
(c) They said the women affected by radium poisoning ate lunch in the same room with the radium paint.
(d) They said the women affected by radium poisoning had not used their glass pens for paint application.

5. Who was the appointed physician for the five girls who won settlements from the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) Raymond Berry.
(b) Lloyd Craver.
(c) Edward Krumbhaar.
(d) James Ewing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The city of Newark, New Jersey was termed the city of what?

2. How many surgeries did Grace Fryer ultimately have performed on her jaw?

3. What is a sarcoma?

4. Due to radium poisoning, Edna Hussman's legs eventually took on what condition?

5. By whom was Dr. Frederick Flinn paid when he researched the possible harm being caused by various companies' use of radium?

(see the answer key)

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