1. The court date in the Radium Dial case was set for February 10, 1938, six days after which birthday of Catherine Wolfe Donahue's?
(a) Her 35th.
(b) Her 30th.
(c) Her 25th.
(d) Her 45th.

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?
(a) In the photographs, the bowls contain only radium dust.
(b) In the photographs, there are no bowls at all.
(c) In the photographs, the bowls are empty.
(d) In the photographs, the bowls are turned over.

3. How long were the painting pens in use at Radium Dial before they were abandoned?
(a) One month.
(b) Three months.
(c) One week.
(d) Three years.

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

5. While Catherine Wolfe Donohue noted that dial-painters in good health were examined often by Radium Dial-employed physicians, Catherine herself was only examined how many times in 1928?
(a) Once.
(b) Twice.
(c) Five times.
(d) Three times.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Swen Kjaer from the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted an investigation of Radium Dial's scientific laboratories in 1925, what two safeguards did he find the scientists using in their work with radium?

2. What did October 29, 1929 come to be called?

3. Katherine Wiley of the Consumer League campaigned to have what disease added to the list of legally compensable occupational diseases?

4. How many surgeries did Grace Fryer ultimately have performed on her jaw?

5. In what year was radium first discovered?

(see the answer key)

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