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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who once remarked, "There may be a condition into which radium has not yet entered that would produce dire results; everybody handling it should have care," (18) though his advice was ignored by the industry?
(a) Anna Mooney.
(b) Nikola Tesla.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) Isaac Newton.

2. Marketed to wealthy clients, a radium lined-jar that could be filled with water to make the water radioactive was recommended in what dose per day?
(a) 1-2 glasses per day.
(b) 12-14 glasses per day.
(c) 5-7 glasses per day.
(d) 2-3 glasses per day.

3. What period of time passed between the time Grace Fryer read about the United States Radium Corporation's first paid settlements and the filing of her own lawsuit against the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) Five years.
(b) One month.
(c) One year.
(d) Two days.

4. Who took over as superintendent of Radium Dial when Miss Murray died of cancer?
(a) Joseph Knef.
(b) Arthur Roeder.
(c) Katherine Wiley.
(d) Rufus Reed.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Though during Swen Kjaer's visit to the Radium Dial studio in Ottowa, he saw water bowls being used by the dial-painters to clean their brushes, how does his observation during the visit differ from photographs he is given at a later date?

3. At what church was the funeral for Quinta McDonald held?

4. What adjective did the discoverer of radium use often to describe the element?

5. The list created by Katherine Schaub and Harrison Martland came to be known by what name?

(see the answer key)

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