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

2. When John Roach, the deputy commissioner of the Department of Labor, heard that "the report supplied by the firm was a whitewash" (115), he requested a full copy of the study. What reason did Arthur Roeder give when he refused John Roach's request?
(a) The report had been lost.
(b) Cecil K. Drinker would have to grant permission for the report to be sent.
(c) The results could be damaging to the United States Radium Corporation's business dealings.
(d) The active lawsuit pending against the company prohibited any sharing of documents.

3. Grace Fryer came from a family of how many children?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

4. Whose family filed suit against Radium Dial the day after Radium Dial ran its full-page ad in the Ottawa Daily Times?
(a) Ella Cruse.
(b) Marguerite Carlough.
(c) Grace Fryer.
(d) Catherine Wolfe Donohue.

5. What diagnosis did Dr. Humphries in Orange provide to Quinta McDonald before he bound her in plaster from "her diaphragm to her knees" (95)?
(a) Thoracic outlet syndrome.
(b) An arthritic hip.
(c) Scoliosis.
(d) Radium poisoning.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Westclox company hit a new production high of 1.5 million luminous watches in 1926, what percentage of the watches were painted by Radium Dial?

2. What did October 29, 1929 come to be called?

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

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

5. On what street was Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?

(see the answer key)

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