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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On April 2, 1925, Arthur Roeder invited Frederick Hoffman to the Orange plant to use the new signs he had erected that warned workers not to put the radium paint-laden brushes in their mouths. In what field was Frederick Hoffman employed?
(a) Statistics.
(b) Industrial waste.
(c) Disease control.
(d) Chemistry.

2. How old was Hazel Kuzer when she died of radium poisoning?
(a) 40.
(b) 35.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

3. 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 League of Women Voters.
(c) The Consumers League.
(d) The Justice League.

4. In what year was the first suit filed by a dial-painter, in this case against the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1922.

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 internship site.
(b) A studio.
(c) A paradise.
(d) A warehouse.

6. How did Katherine Schaub come to work at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) She read about the job in a newspaper.
(b) A friend of hers told her about an open position there.
(c) She attended the Grand Opening of the building.
(d) She walked by the building one day on her way to school.

7. When Katherine Schaub first started working at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, she was placed into an apprenticeship in what position?
(a) Cafeteria worker.
(b) Floor-sweeper.
(c) Inspector.
(d) Dial-painter.

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

9. Why did Cecil K. Drinker refrain from publishing the report of his findings after his investigation of the United States Radium Company?
(a) Cecil K. Drinker was paid by the United States Radium Corporation to suppress the report's findings.
(b) Cecil K. Drinker believed Arthur Roeder should first give consent for publication of the report.
(c) The newspaper who bought the rights to Cecil K. Drinker's report went bankrupt before they could publish the report.
(d) Cecil K. Drinker was by then a pariah in the scientific community and could not find a publisher.

10. 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) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

11. To what position was Katherine Schaub promoted after the term of her apprenticeship?
(a) Dial-painter.
(b) Inspector.
(c) Forewoman.
(d) Tax adjuster.

12. The greenish-white luminous paint used to paint the watch dials went by what name?
(a) Undark.
(b) Luminest.
(c) Unblack.
(d) Lighterous.

13. In February of 1925, the creator of the luminous paint, Sabin von Sochocky, wrote to the investigating statistician Dr. Hoffman in order to tell him that "the disease in question is, without doubt" (109) what type of disease?
(a) Occupational.
(b) Innocuous.
(c) Sexually-transmitted.
(d) Coincidental.

14. Why was radium such a scarce resource?
(a) Radium destroyed itself very quickly upon coming into contact with oxygen.
(b) Only one location in the world existed from which the radium could be extracted.
(c) The main continent on which radium could be found was Antarctica.
(d) Radium was very difficult to extract from its source.

15. 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) Ivory-tipped forceps.
(d) Lead gloves.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the most valuable substance on earth, how much did a single gram of radium cost in 1917?

2. What position did Anna Rooney hold at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

3. 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?

4. Until 1922, Cecil K. Drinker's department at Harvard was wholly funded by what source?

5. Who was the first of the United States dial-painters to file suit against her employer?

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