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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 years.
(c) One year.
(d) Five months.

3. 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, the bowls are empty.
(c) In the photographs, the bowls are turned over.
(d) In the photographs, there are no bowls at all.

4. 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) Coincidental.
(c) Sexually-transmitted.
(d) Innocuous.

5. What type of hair was used in the brushes with which the girls painted the dials at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Camel hair.
(b) Human hair.
(c) Rabbit hair.
(d) Horse hair.

6. Whose family first joined the lawsuit Marguerite Carlough had filed against the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) Frances Splettstocher.
(b) Nellie Quinlan.
(c) Helen Quinlan.
(d) Hazel Kuzer.

7. How old was Katherine Schaub when she first started working at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 11.
(d) 18.

8. 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?
(a) Protective suits and gloves.
(b) Safety glasses and limited working hours.
(c) Lead screens and vacations from work.
(d) Lead aprons and safety glasses.

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

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

11. What role did Josiah Stryker inhabit within the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) President.
(b) Foreman.
(c) Founder.
(d) Company lawyer.

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

13. By whom was radium discovered?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Marie and Pierre Curie.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Isaac Newton.

14. Until 1922, Cecil K. Drinker's department at Harvard was wholly funded by what source?
(a) The Drinker family's wealth.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Government grants.
(d) Commercial firms.

15. 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 that if they did not file suit against the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, 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 if they did not quit their jobs, he would refuse to treat them.
(d) He said that if they did not pay him in full, he would refuse to treat them.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day in 1917 did Congress vote America into joining World War I?

2. Who once remarked, "There may be a condition into which radium has not yet entered that would produce dire results; everybody handling it should have care," (18) though his advice was ignored by the industry?

3. In 1923, what company acted as Radium Dial's main client, due to its 60% share of the U.S. alarm market?

4. What amount of money did the first suit filed by a dial-painter request from the United States Radium Corporation?

5. In what year was radium first discovered?

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