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Trivia on Kate Moore's book The Radium Girls.
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1
Who is the author of The Radium Girls?
Rick Riordan.
Kate Moore.
Edgar Allen Poe.
JK Rowling.
2
Radium was used to treat cancerous tissue and tumors.
False
True
3
Radium was considered a miracle drug that had medicinal properties
True
False
4
What was the name of the luminous paint used by the girls at Radium Luminous Materials Corporation in Newark, New Jersy
Undark
Radiant
Glow Dust
Luminite
5
What did the doctors that first examined the girls think they had?
Phosphorus poisoning.
The flu.
Bone cancer.
Depresion.
6
What type of radium did The Radium Luminous Materials Corporation use in their paint?
Radium
Radium-224
Radium-226
Mesothorium (radium-228)
7
What was the technique that the girls used to get sharp points on their brushes called?
Lipping
Sharpening
Brush licking
Lip pointing
8
What were the women painting?
Maps.
Paintings.
Teacups.
Watch dials.
9
What was an effect of the radium on the girls.
I made their teeth bright white.
It made their skin shine.
It made their hair glow green.
It damaged their teeth
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Who discovered
radium
?
Marie and Pierre Curie
Isaac Newton
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstine
