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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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. Theodore Blum.
(b) Dr. Mayweather Marion.
(c) Dr. Ernest Miser.
(d) Dr. Anthony Cruz.

3. 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) Scoliosis.
(b) Radium poisoning.
(c) An arthritic hip.
(d) Thoracic outlet syndrome.

4. 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 paint would only be harmful in extremely cold working conditions.
(b) Radium takes years to harm the human body.
(c) There was no phosphorous in the paint.
(d) The amount of radium in the paint was miniscule.

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

6. 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) Grace Fryer.
(b) Mollie Maggia.
(c) Sabin von Schocky.
(d) Katherine Schaub.

7. In what city was the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?
(a) Ottawa, Illinois.
(b) Orange, California.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Newark, New Jersey.

8. 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 pay him in full, 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 start brushing their teeth regularly, he would refuse to treat them.

9. When Radium Dial conducted an internal investigation of its workers' health, how many of the dial-painters were told of their results?
(a) One.
(b) Fewer than five.
(c) Zero.
(d) Fewer than ten.

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

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

12. By 1925, Radium Dial became the largest dial-painting plant in the United States, supplying how many dials per day?
(a) 3,600.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 4,300.

13. What song about radium became a hit after being featured in the Broadway musical Piff! Paff! Pouf!?
(a) Radium Dance.
(b) Radium Romance.
(c) Radium Racket.
(d) Radium City.

14. In early-twentith century popular culture, radium was dubbed as liquid what?
(a) Pep.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Luminosity.
(d) Health.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. The paper dials painted by Radium Luminous Materials Corporation workers had black backgrounds and numerals of what color?

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