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Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. On what day in 1917 did Congress vote America into joining World War I?
(a) May 18th.
(b) June 6th.
(c) April 6th.
(d) October 30th.

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

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

6. 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) Lead aprons.
(b) Medical experts.
(c) Ivory-tipped forceps.
(d) Lead gloves.

7. 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 file suit against the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation, 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 start brushing their teeth regularly, he would refuse to treat them.

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

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

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

11. From what industry was the term "lip-pointing" (56) inherited?
(a) Lace-making.
(b) Chimney-sweeping.
(c) Embroidery.
(d) China-painting.

12. 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) Sexually-transmitted.
(b) Occupational.
(c) Innocuous.
(d) Coincidental.

13. 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.

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

15. When John Roach, the deputy commissioner of the Department of Labor, heard that "the report supplied by the firm was a whitewash" (115), he requested a full copy of the study. What reason did Arthur Roeder give when he refused John Roach's request?
(a) The results could be damaging to the United States Radium Corporation's business dealings.
(b) The active lawsuit pending against the company prohibited any sharing of documents.
(c) The report had been lost.
(d) Cecil K. Drinker would have to grant permission for the report to be sent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. In what discipline did Cecil K. Drinker work at the time he conducted a study at the United States Radium Corporation?

5. Arthur Roeder held what position at the United States Radium Corporation?

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