Radium Girls
Atomic Women
Every Falling Star
Born a Crime
Enrique's Journey
100

What is lip pointing?

Putting the brush in one's mouth to make the tip finer.

100

What massive project were many of the women scientists secretly working on?

Manhattan Project

100

Who was the supreme leader of North Korea who dies in the book?

Kim Il Sung

100

What is the name of Trevor's mom's abusive boyfriend?

Abel

100

What is Enrique's sister's name?

Belky

200

What were some of the symptoms of radium poisoning?

Jaw necrosis, fatigue, anemia, bone fractures

200

Why were the women in the book constantly frustrated?

Men always got credit for their work.
200

What activities does Sungju resort to in order to survive?

begging, stealing, joining a gang

200

What animal does Trevor compare himself to?

Chameleon

200

Name a danger Enrique faced while riding trains?

Getting injured, getting attacked by gangs, hunger, cold

300

What lasting change did their fight for justice bring to U.S. labor law?

stronger safety protections

300

Name the code names for one of the two bombs dropped on Japan

Fat Man, Little Boy

300
Why does Sungju have to move?

His family is exiled

300

What did Trevor sell to make money?

Mix CDs

300

What was the main tension in Enrique and Lourdes' relationship?

Lourdes felt like she had sacrificed to give him a better life but he was angry that she wasn't there for him.

400

Who was the president of the radium company?

Arthur Roeder

400

In what U.S. state was the bomb tested? 

New Mexico

400

Why might people argue that there were two North Koreas?

Because the govt elite had access to certain privileges while regular citizens suffered and starved

400

What nationality was Trevor's real father? 

Swiss

400

Who wrote Enrique's Journey?

Sonia Nazario
500

Who wrote the book Radium Girls?

Kate Moore

500

Name a key tension the Atomic women faced towards the end of the book

The moral implications of dropping the bomb

500

What substance did Sungju have to survive on that caused him to swell up?

Salt

500

Who became South Africa's president after the fall of the Apartheid government?

Nelson Mandela

500

Where is Enrique from?

Honduras

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