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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position did Anna Rooney hold at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Insurance claims adjuster.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Forewoman.
(d) Inspector.

2. 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) Profitable.
(c) Polluting the surrounding areas.
(d) Costly.

3. Katherine Wiley of the Consumer League campaigned to have what disease added to the list of legally compensable occupational diseases?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Phossy jaw.
(d) Radium necrosis.

4. Who looked pointedly at Grace Fryer on one instance within the studio and warned her not to lip-point, a comment that would later take on great significance in court?
(a) Mollie Maggia.
(b) Katherine Schaub.
(c) Sabin von Schocky.
(d) Grace Fryer.

5. When Cecil K. Drinker found out that the United States Radium Corporation had suppressed his report, he made a deal with Arthur Roeder that he would not publish the report as long as Arthur Roeder immediately took what action?
(a) Paid Cecil K. Drinker $50,000.
(b) Instituted a set of safety measures to protect the dial-painters.
(c) Sent a full copy of the report to John Roach.
(d) Sent a full copy of the report to the New York Times for publication.

6. When George L. Warren, the county physician for Essex County, died on a trolley ride, who replaced him and eventually became a champion for the dial-painters' cause?
(a) Dr. Roy Schneider.
(b) Dr. Elroy Roeder.
(c) Dr. Max Schwimmer.
(d) Dr. Harrison Martland.

7. What did Sabin von Schocky do when he found that radium had gotten into his left index finger?
(a) He kept ice on his finger for 24 hours.
(b) He set his finger on fire.
(c) He poured milk on it to counteract the radium's effects.
(d) He cut the tip of his finger off.

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

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

10. On what street was Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?
(a) Fourth Street.
(b) Tenth Street.
(c) Ninety-first Street.
(d) Third Street.

11. In 1923, what company acted as Radium Dial's main client, due to its 60% share of the U.S. alarm market?
(a) Masterclock, Inc.
(b) General Electric.
(c) Westclox.
(d) Franklin.

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

13. Most dial-painters in the United States were the daughters and granddaughters of whom?
(a) Scientists.
(b) Industrialists.
(c) Immigrants.
(d) Socialists.

14. Marketed to wealthy clients, a radium lined-jar that could be filled with water to make the water radioactive was recommended in what dose per day?
(a) 5-7 glasses per day.
(b) 1-2 glasses per day.
(c) 12-14 glasses per day.
(d) 2-3 glasses per day.

15. What diagnosis did Dr. Humphries in Orange provide to Quinta McDonald before he bound her in plaster from "her diaphragm to her knees" (95)?
(a) Thoracic outlet syndrome.
(b) Radium poisoning.
(c) Scoliosis.
(d) An arthritic hip.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The radium powder at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation was mixed with what substance in order to create the luminous paint used to paint the dials?

3. Sabin von Schocky held what position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

4. By 1925, Radium Dial became the largest dial-painting plant in the United States, supplying how many dials per day?

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

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