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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 46-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1924, New Jersey enacted "a new law that made industrial diseases compensable" (88), but any legal claim had to be filed within what time frame after the point of injury?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Five months.

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 League of Women Voters.
(c) The Justice League.
(d) The Workers' Rights League.

3. How many women participated in the studies of radiation's effect conducted over decades by the Center for Human Radiobiology?
(a) Thousands.
(b) 363.
(c) Scores.
(d) Hundreds.

4. What was NOT one of the reasons Raymond Berry worried about Judge William Clark being involved in the dial-painters' case?
(a) He knew that the judge was friends with several directors at the United States Radium Corporation.
(b) He learned that the judge was a stockholder in the United States Radium Corporation.
(c) He knew that the judge had some indirect business relations with directors of a parent company of the United States Radium Corporation.
(d) He knew that the judge had a cruel streak.

5. Marguerite Carlough died in the early morning hours of what holiday in 1925?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Boxing Day.
(c) Valentine's Day.
(d) Labor Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grace Fryer came from a family of how many children?

2. What amount of money did the first suit filed by a dial-painter request from the United States Radium Corporation?

3. The paper dials painted by Radium Luminous Materials Corporation workers had black backgrounds and numerals of what color?

4. 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?

5. What was the final amount of the lump sum paid by the United States Radium Corporation to each litigant?

(see the answer key)

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