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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 what discipline did Dr. Frederick Flinn hold a Doctorate degree?
(a) Geology.
(b) Literature.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Philosophy.

2. To what city did Catherine Wolfe Donahue have to travel in order to be examined by the three doctors who would testify about her condition in court?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Newark.
(c) Boise.
(d) New York City.

3. From what industry was the term "lip-pointing" (56) inherited?
(a) Chimney-sweeping.
(b) Embroidery.
(c) China-painting.
(d) Lace-making.

4. Grace Fryer came from a family of how many children?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

5. Part of the allure of the jobs available at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation was that the site of business was called a what, rather than a factory?
(a) A studio.
(b) A internship site.
(c) A warehouse.
(d) A paradise.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?

2. What type of hair was used in the brushes with which the girls painted the dials at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

3. What adjective did Arthur Roeder use in a letter to Cecil K. Drinker to describe his own response to Cecil K. Drinker's final findings about the United States Radium Corporation?

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?

5. The greenish-white luminous paint used to paint the watch dials went by what name?

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