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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The paper dials painted by Radium Luminous Materials Corporation workers had black backgrounds and numerals of what color?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

2. 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?
(a) Red.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

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

4. For how long did The United States Radium Corporation fight the first lawsuits filed by dial-painters before they settled with the workers out of court?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

5. How old was Hazel Kuzer when she died of radium poisoning?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 40.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the main claim of the full-page ad in the Ottawa Daily Times placed by Radium Dial three days after the New Jersey settlements?

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

3. The blood tests Cecil K. Drinker performed on the dial-painters at the United States Radium Corporation elicited his finding that none of the dial-painters had what?

4. Why was radium such a scarce resource?

5. Sabin von Schocky held what position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

(see the answer key)

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