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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once Katherine Schaub started staying at home and refusing to go out, what was the only occasion to get her out of the house?
(a) Church.
(b) Grocery shopping.
(c) Her mother's funeral.
(d) Trial dates.

2. Katherine Wiley, the woman who conducted an independent investigation into the health of the dial-painters at the United States Radium Corporation, worked for what organization?
(a) The Consumers League.
(b) The Workers' Rights League.
(c) The Justice League.
(d) The League of Women Voters.

3. In what season and year did Katherine Schaub and Harrison Martland begin creating their list of radium victims?
(a) Spring of 1928.
(b) Winter of 1932.
(c) Fall of 1921.
(d) Summer of 1925.

4. Though a normal blood count should be 100%, Marguerite Carlough's blood eventually reached what percentage prior to her death?
(a) 20%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 60%.

5. Dr. Harrison Martland believed that radium was notoriously less what than mesothorium?
(a) Less aggressive.
(b) Less forgiving.
(c) Less poisonous.
(d) Less debilitating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the appointed physician for the five girls who won settlements from the United States Radium Corporation?

2. When Lloyd Craver tried to convince Katherine Schaub to take a lump sum in lieu of her medical bills being paid by the United States Radium Corporation for the rest of her life, what false reason did he cite?

3. Who was NOT part of the group of five dial-painters who received settlements from the United States Radium Corporation?

4. 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)?

5. What is a sarcoma?

(see the answer key)

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