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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before dipping their brushes into the radium, what action were the dial-painters at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation instructed to take?
(a) To dip their brushes into the pot of phosphorous.
(b) To swirl the brush's end against their clothing.
(c) To put the brush behind their ears.
(d) To put the brush to their lips.

2. Sabin von Schocky held what position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Inspector.
(b) Human Resources Director.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Founder.

3. In January of 1924, what ultimatum did Dr. Barry give the girls he treated who worked at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) He said if they did not quit their jobs, he would refuse to treat them.
(b) He said that if they did not start brushing their teeth regularly, he would refuse to treat them.
(c) He said that if they did not file suit against the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, he would refuse to treat them.
(d) He said that if they did not pay him in full, he would refuse to treat them.

4. Most dial-painters in the United States were the daughters and granddaughters of whom?
(a) Immigrants.
(b) Socialists.
(c) Industrialists.
(d) Scientists.

5. Once Katherine Schaub started staying at home and refusing to go out, what was the only occasion to get her out of the house?
(a) Grocery shopping.
(b) Trial dates.
(c) Church.
(d) Her mother's funeral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catherine Wolfe Donahue and Tom Donahue had been married for how many years by the start of the trial?

2. In what discipline did Cecil K. Drinker work at the time he conducted a study at the United States Radium Corporation?

3. For what newspaper did Mary Doty work as a writer?

4. 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?

5. In what decade of life was Raymond Berry, Grace Fryer's lawyer, when she first contacted him?

(see the answer key)

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