View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Though a normal blood count should be 100%, Marguerite Carlough's blood eventually reached what percentage prior to her death?
(a) 20%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 70%.

3. When Grace Fryer visited Dr. Robert Humphries, what adjective did he use to describe Grace's vertebrae upon examining her x-rays?
(a) Crushed.
(b) Pulverized.
(c) Normal.
(d) Misaligned.

4. The list created by Katherine Schaub and Harrison Martland came to be known by what name?
(a) The List of the Brave.
(b) The List of the Vindicated.
(c) The List of the Courageous.
(d) The List of the Doomed.

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

6. Most of the dial-painters who received settlements from the United States Radium Corporation did what during the following summer?
(a) Went on trips.
(b) Became paraplegics.
(c) Died.
(d) Checked into the hospital.

7. At what type of establishment did Grace Fryer work after she left her position as a dial-painter?
(a) A bank.
(b) A school.
(c) A library.
(d) A pharmacy.

8. When Dr. Robert Humphries at the orthopedic hospital examined Edna Hussman's legs for the first time, what did he find?
(a) Her left leg was an inch shorter than her right.
(b) There was a sarcoma embedded in her left leg.
(c) Her reflexes were abnormal.
(d) She was suffering from partial paralysis.

9. What response did Dr. Hoffman receive when he wrote to Arthur Roeder, asking him to help Grace Fryer "in a spirit of fairness and justice" (175)?
(a) Arthur Roeder sent Dr. Hoffman $100 to give to Grace Fryer.
(b) Arthur Roeder told Dr. Hoffman that he did not know anyone named Grace Fryer.
(c) Dr. Hoffman was told that Arthur Roeder no longer worked for the United States Radium Corporation.
(d) Arthur Roeder requested a restraining order against Dr. Hoffman.

10. When Ella Cruse died from radium poisoning, how many weeks before had she been painting dials at Radium Dial?
(a) One week before.
(b) Six weeks before.
(c) Eight weeks before.
(d) Two weeks before.

11. What material did Rufus Reed use to construct a painting pen that was then given to the dial-painters as a suggested replacement for their brushes?
(a) Paper.
(b) Aluminum.
(c) Copper.
(d) Glass.

12. Which two executives from Radium Dial attended the national radium conference in December of 1928?
(a) Joseph Kelly and Rufus Fordyce.
(b) Raymond Berry and Leonard Grossman.
(c) Joseph Kelly and Harrison Martland.
(d) Arthur Roeder and Gene Wiley.

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

14. 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.

15. When Swen Kjaer requested information from Radium Dial about Ella Cruse during his national investigation of radium poisoning, what information about Ella was he given?
(a) Her time sheets.
(b) Her employment dates.
(c) Her production rates.
(d) Her blood type.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what discipline did Dr. Frederick Flinn hold a Doctorate degree?

2. After four years of trying to have a child, Albina Maggia experienced what complication during the birth of the baby she had brought to full term?

3. Due to radium poisoning, Edna Hussman's legs eventually took on what condition?

4. To what hospital was Ella Cruse admitted when her pimple grew in size and caused her entire face to swell?

5. Dr. Harrison Martland believed that radium was notoriously less what than mesothorium?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 692 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample