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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. The blood tests Cecil K. Drinker performed on the dial-painters at the United States Radium Corporation elicited his finding that none of the dial-painters had what?
(a) Hemophilia.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Wholly normal blood.
(d) Radium poisoning.

2. In 1923, what company acted as Radium Dial's main client, due to its 60% share of the U.S. alarm market?
(a) General Electric.
(b) Masterclock, Inc.
(c) Franklin.
(d) Westclox.

3. Katherine Wiley, the woman who conducted an independent investigation into the health of the dial-painters at the United States Radium Corporation, worked for what organization?
(a) The Consumers League.
(b) The Workers' Rights League.
(c) The Justice League.
(d) The League of Women Voters.

4. 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) Zinc sulfide.
(b) Zinc oxide.
(c) Ammonia.
(d) Phosphorous.

5. When Edna Hussman was examined by Dr. Frederick Flinn, what conclusion did he reach that he then shared with Edna Hussman?
(a) She had syphilis.
(b) She had arthritic joints.
(c) She was in perfect health.
(d) Her blood was abnormal.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Though during Swen Kjaer's visit to the Radium Dial studio in Ottowa, he saw water bowls being used by the dial-painters to clean their brushes, how does his observation during the visit differ from photographs he is given at a later date?

4. As the most valuable substance on earth, how much did a single gram of radium cost in 1917?

5. In early-twentith century popular culture, radium was dubbed as liquid what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What two leads did Katherine Wiley pursue after the death of Hazel Kuser?

7. 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?

8. Who was the first dial-painter to file a lawsuit against a radium company?

9. Who were the primary producers of positive literature about radium?

10. In 1917, what was the reputation of radium in America?

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