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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. Whose family first joined the lawsuit Marguerite Carlough had filed against the United States Radium Corporation?

2. Until 1922, Cecil K. Drinker's department at Harvard was wholly funded by what source?

3. The greenish-white luminous paint used to paint the watch dials went by what name?

4. By 1925, Radium Dial became the largest dial-painting plant in the United States, supplying how many dials per day?

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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the size of the smallest object the dial-painters at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation had to paint and what size was the tiniest element of their painting?

3. The Radium Luminous Materials Corporation's radium-laden paint was used to create what type of objects?

4. What is the author's evidence for the claim that radium made an "all-pervasive entry into American life"?

5. Cecil K. Drinker's tour of the United States Radium Corporation plant took place on the day following what related event?

6. How successful was the Radium Dial company in 1925?

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of hope depicted within the narrative despite the grim subject at the center of its story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's treatment of the climactic scene of the dial-painters' final trial and what techniques she uses in order to build suspense for the reader.

Essay Topic 3

How is the literary device of foreshadowing used to highlight coming events within the story of The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women?

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