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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Swen Kjaer from the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted an investigation of Radium Dial's operations in 1925, how many dial-painters at the Ottawa studio were questioned?
(a) Twenty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Three.

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

3. What treatments did Grace Fryer receive that eventually became too painful for her to continue?
(a) Chiropractic treatments.
(b) X-ray treatments.
(c) Physical therapy treatments.
(d) Massage treatments.

4. 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 report had been lost.
(b) The results could be damaging to the United States Radium Corporation's business dealings.
(c) Cecil K. Drinker would have to grant permission for the report to be sent.
(d) The active lawsuit pending against the company prohibited any sharing of documents.

5. What form did the ongoing argument between Cecil K. Drinker and Arthur Roeder take in 1924 after Cecil K. Drinker's investigation resulted in his claim that radium was causing harm to the dial-painters at the United States Radium Corporation?
(a) Letters.
(b) In-person meetings.
(c) Phone calls.
(d) Telegrams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grace Fryer was motivated to take a position at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation by what reason?

2. What amount of money did the first suit filed by a dial-painter request from the United States Radium Corporation?

3. Who once remarked, "There may be a condition into which radium has not yet entered that would produce dire results; everybody handling it should have care," (18) though his advice was ignored by the industry?

4. When Radium Dial conducted an internal investigation of its workers' health, how many of the dial-painters were told of their results?

5. What position did Anna Rooney hold at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Arthur Roeder's criteria when he chose someone to conduct a study of the Orange plant and whom did he choose?

2. What actions did the United States Radium Corporation take once they received Cecil K. Drinker's full report regarding its employees on June 3, 1924?

3. Why did Hazel Kuser's family refuse to allow friends to see her body at her funeral?

4. Who coined the term "radium jaw"? (95)

5. What were the findings of the first-ever autopsy on a dial-painter?

6. What actions comprised the technique known as lip-pointing and why was it done?

7. What came of the national study of the industrial use of radium launched by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in April of 1925?

8. Why did radium poisoning victims often need another operation after they had just undergone one?

9. What led to many members of the same family working as dial-painters?

10. How did the Radium Luminous Processes Corporation's postwar strategy differ from their World War I-era business strategies?

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