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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. 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?
3. When Swen Kjaer from the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted an investigation of Radium Dial's operations in 1925, how many dial-painters at the Ottawa studio were questioned?
4. By whom was Dr. Frederick Flinn paid when he researched the possible harm being caused by various companies' use of radium?
5. What diagnosis did Dr. Humphries in Orange provide to Quinta McDonald before he bound her in plaster from "her diaphragm to her knees" (95)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What led to many members of the same family working as dial-painters?
2. In 1917, what was the reputation of radium in America?
3. The Radium Luminous Materials Corporation's radium-laden paint was used to create what type of objects?
4. What actions comprised the technique known as lip-pointing and why was it done?
5. What two leads did Katherine Wiley pursue after the death of Hazel Kuser?
6. What were Arthur Roeder's criteria when he chose someone to conduct a study of the Orange plant and whom did he choose?
7. What is the author's evidence for the claim that radium made an "all-pervasive entry into American life"?
8. How lucrative was the job of dial-painting in relation to other options available to young women of the time?
9. What is the significance of the choice by the Radium Luminous Material Corporation to use the term "studio" (3) to mean the worksite?
10. Who were the primary producers of positive literature about radium?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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