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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Radium Dial conducted an internal investigation of its workers' health, how many of the dial-painters were told of their results?
2. When Swen Kjaer from the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted an investigation of Radium Dial's scientific laboratories in 1925, what two safeguards did he find the scientists using in their work with radium?
3. What position did Anna Rooney hold at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation?
4. The city of Newark, New Jersey was termed the city of what?
5. What color was the mark the scientist found on his skin in 1901 after keeping a piece of radium in his pocket, as described in the book's prologue?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was the first dial-painter to file a lawsuit against a radium company?
2. What is the author's evidence for the claim that radium made an "all-pervasive entry into American life"?
3. 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?
4. What is the author's purpose in depicting the scene of the lab workers' toiling at the Orange plant alongside the scene of the dial-painters working in the studio?
5. Who coined the term "radium jaw"? (95)
6. Cecil K. Drinker's tour of the United States Radium Corporation plant took place on the day following what related event?
7. Why did radium poisoning victims often need another operation after they had just undergone one?
8. What is the author's tone when ending Chapter 11 with the words, "After all-now it was bad for business" (79)?
9. In 1917, what was the reputation of radium in America?
10. What led to many members of the same family working as dial-painters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the theme of deception portrayed in The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women? Examine Kate Moore's treatment of deception, truth, and the theme of appearance versus reality throughout the book.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author's decision to include a variety of photographs within the text. What purpose did she have in mind when including images of the dial-painters and other subjects? Back up your strong, specific claim about the author's use of photographs with concrete details from the images she includes in the book.
Essay Topic 3
How is the theme of hope depicted within the narrative despite the grim subject at the center of its story?
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