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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The West Branch Study.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The disease in this chapter is passed on through the ___________ of a person who is carrying the disease.
(a) Sneezes.
(b) Tears.
(c) Excrement.
(d) Hair.

2. The diagnosis for Hoffman was a __________ intrusion with concurrent infection, according to doctors.
(a) Metal.
(b) Jimson.
(c) Sawdust.
(d) Fiberglass.

3. What is the source of the infection that was afflicting people in this section of the book?
(a) Virus.
(b) Injections.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Bacteria.

4. What happened to three people in Manhattan in 1926, according to the description in this chapter?
(a) Rabies.
(b) Typhoid fever.
(c) Orange skin.
(d) Food poisoning.

5. How many cases of illness had popped up by the time the medical team came in to investigate?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 3.
(d) 36.

Short Answer Questions

1. The health department began to check every ________, fruit and vegetable stand, and restaurant in the area to find the source of the infections.

2. In which city were school children beginning to get ill for no apparent reason?

3. What was the color of Turner's skin, according to his doctor? ________ orange.

4. What is NOT one of the possible culprits for the poisoning and disease the researchers were finding?

5. What is the standard treatment for hepatitis once it is identified in a patient?

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