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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. On what street was Radium Luminous Materials Corporation located?
2. What amount of money did the first suit filed by a dial-painter request from the United States Radium Corporation?
3. Marketed to wealthy clients, a radium lined-jar that could be filled with water to make the water radioactive was recommended in what dose per day?
4. By whom was Dr. Frederick Flinn paid when he researched the possible harm being caused by various companies' use of radium?
5. Most dial-painters in the United States were the daughters and granddaughters of whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the author's evidence for the claim that radium made an "all-pervasive entry into American life"?
2. In 1917, what was the reputation of radium in America?
3. Why did Hazel Kuser's family refuse to allow friends to see her body at her funeral?
4. Cecil K. Drinker's tour of the United States Radium Corporation plant took place on the day following what related event?
5. How lucrative was the job of dial-painting in relation to other options available to young women of the time?
6. Who wrote to Katherine Wiley, the executive secretary of the Consumers League, a national organization for better working conditions for women, and for what purpose was she contacted?
7. The Radium Luminous Materials Corporation's radium-laden paint was used to create what type of objects?
8. 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?
9. 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?
10. What were Arthur Roeder's criteria when he chose someone to conduct a study of the Orange plant and whom did he choose?
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
Examine Kate Moore's use of characterization methods to portray the lawyer Leonard Grossman. What effect do these characterization methods have on the book's inherent themes and messages?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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