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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The paper dials painted by Radium Luminous Materials Corporation workers had black backgrounds and numerals of what color?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

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

3. What was the name of Katherine Schaub's trainer in her first apprenticeship position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
(a) Grace Fryer.
(b) Marguerite Glacinski.
(c) Catherine Wolfe.
(d) Mae Cubberley.

4. Cecil K. Drinker's investigative report into radium poisoning stated that radium has a similar chemical nature to what element?
(a) Phosphorous.
(b) Calcium.
(c) Lead.
(d) Radon.

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

6. 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) Cecil K. Drinker would have to grant permission for the report to be sent.
(d) The report had been lost.

7. 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. Elroy Roeder.
(b) Dr. Harrison Martland.
(c) Dr. Roy Schneider.
(d) Dr. Max Schwimmer.

8. In what year was radium first discovered?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1898.

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

10. For what period of time did Swen Kjaer's national study of the radium dial-painting industry last?
(a) Three years.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One year.
(d) Three months.

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

12. Grace Fryer was motivated to take a position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation by what reason?
(a) She wanted to work alongside all of her best friends.
(b) She wanted to have the prestige of working with the wonder substance of radium.
(c) She wanted to help with the war effort.
(d) She wanted to be able to buy nice clothes with her earnings.

13. 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?
(a) Ammonia.
(b) Zinc sulfide.
(c) Phosphorous.
(d) Zinc oxide.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Katherine Schaub come to work at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. On what street was Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?

5. Katherine Wiley of the Consumer League campaigned to have what disease added to the list of legally compensable occupational diseases?

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