The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women Test | Final Test - Easy

Kate Moore
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of everyone described within the narrative of the book, whose breath contained the most radiation upon being tested?
(a) Grace Fryer.
(b) Arthur Roeder.
(c) Sabin Von Sochocky.
(d) Katherine Schaub.

2. 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) If she took a lump sum, she would no longer be required to be examined by company-appointed doctors.
(b) The United States Radium Corporation was about to be dissolved.
(c) The United States Radium Corporation was going to move overseas.
(d) The United States Radium Corporation was near bankruptcy.

3. For how long did The United States Radium Corporation fight the first lawsuits filed by dial-painters before they settled with the workers out of court?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 6 months.

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

5. On what behavior of the dial-painters' did Frederick Flinn blame their "tendency to store radium in their bones" (242)?
(a) Their carelessness with the luminous paint.
(b) Their poor eating habits.
(c) Their poor hygiene habits.
(d) Their poor eyesight.

6. Once Katherine Schaub started staying at home and refusing to go out, what was the only occasion to get her out of the house?
(a) Church.
(b) Grocery shopping.
(c) Her mother's funeral.
(d) Trial dates.

7. What did October 29, 1929 come to be called?
(a) Black Sunday.
(b) Black Friday.
(c) Black Tuesday.
(d) Black Wednesday.

8. Who was tasked with conducting a nationwide study into the effects of radium poisoning?
(a) Frederick Flinn.
(b) Swen Kjaer.
(c) Leonard Grossman.
(d) Harrison Martland.

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

10. Where did Catherine Wolfe meet her future husband, Tom Wolfe?
(a) At school.
(b) At a picnic.
(c) At the library.
(d) At church.

11. At what church was the funeral for Quinta McDonald held?
(a) St. Venantius Church.
(b) Lady of Fatima Church.
(c) St. Cyprian Church.
(d) St. Augustine Church.

12. What period of time passed between the time Grace Fryer read about the United States Radium Corporation's first paid settlements and the filing of her own lawsuit against the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) Five years.
(b) One month.
(c) One year.
(d) Two days.

13. Who bought a typewriter with part of her settlement money in hopes of beginning a career as a writer?
(a) Grace Fryer.
(b) Edna Hussman.
(c) Marguerite Carlough.
(d) Katherine Schaub.

14. When The United States Radium Corporation settled its first lawsuits filed by dial-painters, how many former workers were paid by the company?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Nine.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Three.

15. To whom did Katherine Schaub write a sincere letter of thanks in the summer of 1928?
(a) Mollie Maggia.
(b) Arthur Roeder.
(c) Frederick Flinn.
(d) Raymond Berry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the official cause of death listed as a result of the autopsy on Peg Looney's body?

2. In the full-page Ottawa Daily Times ad placed by Radium Dial three days after the New Jersey settlements, on what did they place the blame for the New Jersey dial-painters' afflictions?

3. Who gave her father $2,000 to pay off his mortgage once she had received her settlement?

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

5. Who was NOT part of the group of five dial-painters who received settlements from the United States Radium Corporation?

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