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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. What crucial piece of information did Raymond Berry uncover about Dr. Frederick Flinn, who was working as an expert witness for several radium companies?
2. What was the official cause of death listed as a result of the autopsy on Peg Looney's body?
3. How long were the painting pens in use at Radium Dial before they were abandoned?
4. In what discipline did Dr. Frederick Flinn hold a Doctorate degree?
5. What was the amount of the lowest settlement offered by the Waterbury Company to one of its former workers' families?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the significance of many of the dial-painters buying cars with their settlement monies?
2. Who resigned from the United States Radium Corporation in July of 1926 and why?
3. How did the five dial-painters who had settled with the United States Radium Corporation try to help Mae Canfield with her own case?
4. What was the significance of Sabin Von Sochocky's warning to Grace Fryer in the dial-painting studio?
5. What were the reasons for attorneys' reluctance to take a dial-painter's case against the United States Radium Corporation?
6. What steps did Peg Looney's family take in order to ensure that the autopsy performed on Peg's body would yield honest results and how were their attempts thwarted?
7. What were Quinta McDonald's two requests that were made before her death and what were the results of her requests?
8. Why did Edna Hussman not realize how badly she had been injured after her fall on the street?
9. What types of trouble did dial-painters experience when they tried to have children?
10. How did Dr. Frederick Flinn react to Raymond Berry's accusation that he held no medical license or degree?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that discusses the connection between the cases filed against radium dial companies in the early twentieth century with the modern lawsuits filed against the maker of a particular drug company of your choice. Write a specific, clear claim and back it up with both concrete details from the book and concrete details from your research.
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
What is the author's treatment of gender within the events of the book? How does she get across to the reader the connection between the dial-painters' treatment by their employers and their status as women in America? Craft a specific and clear claim regarding the author's treatment of gender and use textual details to support your claim.
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