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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 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 file suit against the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, he would refuse to treat them.
(c) He said that if they did not start brushing their teeth regularly, he would refuse to treat them.
(d) He said that if they did not pay him in full, he would refuse to treat them.

2. On what part of Catherine Wolfe Donahue's body was the hard tumor that eventually grew to the size of a grapefruit?
(a) Her knee.
(b) Her hip.
(c) Her jaw.
(d) Her elbow.

3. Under state law in the early twentieth century in New Jersey, the Department of Labor had no authority to stop an industrial process even if it was what?
(a) Harmful.
(b) Polluting the surrounding areas.
(c) Profitable.
(d) Costly.

4. How did Raymond Berry eventually get Cecil K. Drinker to testify in court?
(a) He issued a formal summons through the court.
(b) He wrote to Cecil K. Drinker and enclosed photographs of Grace Fryer's disfigurement.
(c) He paid him $1,000.
(d) He threatened to tarnish the researcher's name in the scientific community.

5. At what church was the funeral for Quinta McDonald held?
(a) St. Augustine Church.
(b) St. Venantius Church.
(c) Lady of Fatima Church.
(d) St. Cyprian Church.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what type of establishment did Grace Fryer work after she left her position as a dial-painter?

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

4. By whom was radium discovered?

5. How old was Hazel Kuzer when she died of radium poisoning?

(see the answer key)

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