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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Ghost Map.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On September 6, to how many patients did Snow deliver chloroform?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

2. At number 10 Cross Street, who lived with a tailor in his single room in Building the Case?
(a) 4 children.
(b) Mother, wife, and 3 children.
(c) 5 children.
(d) Wife and 2 children.

3. When did Thomas and Sarah Lewis's infant daughter become sick?
(a) August 1, 1854.
(b) August 5, 1854.
(c) August 28, 1854.
(d) August 30, 1854.

4. In The Ghost Map when the news sewers were construction, how much did it cost to build the main intercepting sewers?
(a) 4 million pounds.
(b) 3 million pounds.
(c) 5 million pounds.
(d) 2 million pounds.

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, with whom did Henry Whitehead share a room?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Father.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the toshers wear?

2. When did Queen Victoria decide to give chloroform a try?

3. In the mid-1800s, how many firms supplied water to London?

4. In The Ghost Map, when did Snow give testimony in Parliament on behalf of the "offensive Trades" (204)?

5. In The Ghost Map when a new sewer system was designed, how many main lines were to run north of the Thames?

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