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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. Part of the allure of the jobs available at the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation was that the site of business was called a what, rather than a factory?

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

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

4. When Edna Hussman was examined by Dr. Frederick Flinn, what conclusion did he reach that he then shared with Edna Hussman?

5. How old was Hazel Kuzer when she died of radium poisoning?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. What is the author's tone when ending Chapter 11 with the words, "After all-now it was bad for business" (79)?

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

5. How lucrative was the job of dial-painting in relation to other options available to young women of the time?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author use sensory details in order to paint a vivid portrait of the historical events she depicts within the book? Discuss at least two scenes that include extensive use of sensory details and pull quotes from these scenes to support your claim.

Essay Topic 2

What is the author's message regarding justice within The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women?

Essay Topic 3

Which person depicted within the book's events do you judge to be most culpable for the injuries and deaths suffered by the dial-painters in the early twentieth century? Prove your case using carefully-chosen concrete details from the book and other logical reasoning.

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