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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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

2. What treatments did Grace Fryer receive that eventually became too painful for her to continue?
(a) X-ray treatments.
(b) Chiropractic treatments.
(c) Massage treatments.
(d) Physical therapy treatments.

3. The author points out that in contrast to the radium testing labs, where the scientists took precautions with radium, the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation studio workers took no precautions. What item is NOT on the list the author gives of the items missing from the studio workers' lives?
(a) Medical experts.
(b) Lead aprons.
(c) Lead gloves.
(d) Ivory-tipped forceps.

4. 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) Two years.
(b) Five months.
(c) Five years.
(d) One year.

5. When Swen Kjaer from the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted an investigation of Radium Dial's operations in 1925, how many dial-painters at the Ottawa studio were questioned?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Three.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Fifty.

6. As the most valuable substance on earth, how much did a single gram of radium cost in 1917?
(a) $360,000.
(b) $240,000.
(c) $120,000.
(d) $80,000.

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

8. Who was the first of the United States dial-painters to file suit against her employer?
(a) Marguerite Carlough.
(b) Katherine Schaub.
(c) Peg Looney.
(d) Grace Fryer.

9. What color was the mark the scientist found on his skin in 1901 after keeping a piece of radium in his pocket, as described in the book's prologue?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

10. By whom was Edna Hussman employed when she was examined by Dr. Frederick Flinn?
(a) Undark.
(b) Radium Dial.
(c) United States Radium Corporation.
(d) Luminite.

11. When the girls at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation started to worry that the paint they used may be dangerous, doctors from New York came and assured the girls that the paint was harmless due to what reason?
(a) The amount of radium in the paint was miniscule.
(b) There was no phosphorous in the paint.
(c) Radium takes years to harm the human body.
(d) The paint would only be harmful in extremely cold working conditions.

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

13. The paper dials painted by Radium Luminous Materials Corporation workers had black backgrounds and numerals of what color?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

14. Who appealed to The United States Radium Corporation to monetarily help his patient, Hazel Cuzer, with her medical bills, and was turned down by the company?
(a) Dr. Mayweather Marion.
(b) Dr. Ernest Miser.
(c) Dr. Theodore Blum.
(d) Dr. Anthony Cruz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In early-twentith century popular culture, radium was dubbed as liquid what?

2. Most dial-painters in the United States were the daughters and granddaughters of whom?

3. The city of Newark, New Jersey was termed the city of what?

4. Grace Fryer was motivated to take a position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation by what reason?

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

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