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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marguerite Carlough died in the early morning hours of what holiday in 1925?
(a) Labor Day.
(b) Valentine's Day.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Boxing Day.

2. What arrangements did Rufus Reed make for Peg Looney when she collapsed at work at Radium Dial in August of 1929?
(a) He arranged a leave of absence for her recuperation.
(b) He arranged for her to receive a severance package.
(c) He arranged for a company doctor to pronounce her as being in perfect health.
(d) He arranged for her to be admitted to the company doctor's hospital.

3. What was NOT one of the reasons Raymond Berry worried about Judge William Clark being involved in the dial-painters' case?
(a) He learned that the judge was a stockholder in the United States Radium Corporation.
(b) He knew that the judge had a cruel streak.
(c) He knew that the judge had some indirect business relations with directors of a parent company of the United States Radium Corporation.
(d) He knew that the judge was friends with several directors at the United States Radium Corporation.

4. In what decade of life was Raymond Berry, Grace Fryer's lawyer, when she first contacted him?
(a) Thirties.
(b) Seventies.
(c) Fifties.
(d) Twenties.

5. In what discipline did Dr. Frederick Flinn hold a Doctorate degree?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Geology.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Literature.

6. Attorneys were reluctant to take Grace Fryer's case due to the United States Radium Corporation's status as all but which of the following?
(a) A wealthy company.
(b) A well-connected company.
(c) A powerful company.
(d) A failing company.

7. What newspaper was "arguably the most powerful newspaper in America at the time" (195) and helped to spread the word about the dial-painters' plight?
(a) The World.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Newark Tribune.
(d) The Chicago Sun Times.

8. Why did George Weeks, the Cruse family's lawyer, request several postponements in Ella Cruse's case?
(a) He knew nothing about radium poisoning.
(b) The Cruse family was running out of money.
(c) Ella was too ill to testify.
(d) Ella suffered from nervous tension and needed time to prepare for trial.

9. For what necessary element of the Cruses' case did they not have funds to pay?
(a) An exhumation of Ella's body.
(b) A series of bone x-rays.
(c) The down payment to the lawyer.
(d) A radioactivity test of Ella's breath.

10. While Catherine Wolfe Donohue noted that dial-painters in good health were examined often by Radium Dial-employed physicians, Catherine herself was only examined how many times in 1928?
(a) Once.
(b) Five times.
(c) Twice.
(d) Three times.

11. When Lloyd Craver tried to convince Katherine Schaub to take a lump sum in lieu of her medical bills being paid by the United States Radium Corporation for the rest of her life, what false reason did he cite?
(a) The United States Radium Corporation was going to move overseas.
(b) The United States Radium Corporation was about to be dissolved.
(c) If she took a lump sum, she would no longer be required to be examined by company-appointed doctors.
(d) The United States Radium Corporation was near bankruptcy.

12. Who took over as superintendent of Radium Dial when Miss Murray died of cancer?
(a) Arthur Roeder.
(b) Joseph Knef.
(c) Rufus Reed.
(d) Katherine Wiley.

13. To what hospital was Ella Cruse admitted when her pimple grew in size and caused her entire face to swell?
(a) General Hospital.
(b) Newark Hospital.
(c) Ottawa City Hospital.
(d) St. Columba Hospital.

14. How much money did the United States Radium Corporation eventually agree to give Mae Canfield in 1930?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $12,000.
(c) $8,000.
(d) $3,000.

15. In what season and year did Katherine Schaub and Harrison Martland begin creating their list of radium victims?
(a) Summer of 1925.
(b) Winter of 1932.
(c) Fall of 1921.
(d) Spring of 1928.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was St. Columba Church located?

2. What was the reaction of James Ewing when the five young women he breath-tested for radium tested positive for radioactivity?

3. What was the final amount of the lump sum paid by the United States Radium Corporation to each litigant?

4. In January of 1927, Grace Fryer was fitted with a solid steel back brace that she was forbidden to abandon for longer than what period at a time?

5. Where did Catherine Wolfe meet her future husband, Tom Wolfe?

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