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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what street was Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?
(a) Fourth Street.
(b) Ninety-first Street.
(c) Tenth Street.
(d) Third Street.

2. In 1926, a law was passed that formally termed radium necrosis as what type of disease?
(a) Communicable.
(b) Compensable.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Deadly.

3. How many surgeries did Grace Fryer ultimately have performed on her jaw?
(a) 25.
(b) 11.
(c) 6.
(d) 15.

4. What was Catherine Wolfe Donohue told when she asked the Radium Dial Company for the results of the medical tests they had recently performed on her?
(a) She could see the results, but could not have a copy of her own.
(b) The results would be published in the newspaper very soon.
(c) She needed to see her own personal physician.
(d) The information could not be given out.

5. Having hit multiple dead ends in her fight against the United States Radium Corporation, Grace Fryer contacted the lawyer Raymond Berry in May of what year?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1921.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sabin von Schocky do when he found that radium had gotten into his left index finger?

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

3. The radium powder at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation was mixed with what substance in order to create the luminous paint used to paint the dials?

4. 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?

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

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