1. In 1854, where was the scientist from who discovered a small comma-shaped organism in the intestinal mucosa of a cholera victim?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Spain.
(d) Germany.

2. In The Pump Handle, when did Snow give Whitehead a copy of his monograph?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1855.

3. In The Investigator, when was the cholera outbreak that made curing cholera one of the most urgent medical riddles of the time?
(a) 1851-1852.
(b) 1846-1847.
(c) 1848-1849.
(d) 1853-1854.

4. In The Ghost Map, when did John Snow begin working on his first map of the Broad Street outbreak?
(a) Fall 1855.
(b) Fall 1854.
(c) Spring 1854.
(d) Spring 1855.

5. When was The Long Epidemiological Society founded?
(a) 1851.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1848.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Pump Handle, among the 45 houses extending in all directions from the intersection of Broad and Cambridge streets, how many managed to survive the epidemic without losing a single resident?

2. By Sunday morning, how many people had died in the last 24hours?

3. When did Florence Nightingale write her "Notes on Nursing"?

4. When was Henry Whitehead offered a position at St. Luke's?

5. In The Pump Handle, how many directives did Benjamin Hall issue for the three-man committee formed to investigate the Broad Street outbreak?

(see the answer key)

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