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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The symptoms the children were having indicated some sort of _____________, though the cause was unclear.
(a) Brain inflammation.
(b) Poisoning.
(c) Trauma.
(d) Infection.

2. What was the diagnosis that was given to Dean when he went into the hospital for his blue hands?
(a) Heart condition.
(b) Cyanosis.
(c) Cancer.
(d) High blood pressure.

3. How is babesiosis generally spread, according to the book and to scientists?
(a) Cats.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Ticks.

4. What kind of restaurant did Rudy Coniglio own, according to the details in the book?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Bagel.
(c) Sushi.
(d) Breakfast.

5. Natalie participated in what profession before she went through her horrifying ordeal?
(a) Principal.
(b) Math teacher.
(c) Writer.
(d) Economist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the universal symptom in the other students who began to get ill?

2. What ended up being the specific term for the infection that was killing the babies?

3. What is NOT one of the treatments that Natalie pursued in order to help her with her depression?

4. What was the suspected cause of the infant's symptoms in July 1965?

5. When did Betty's husband come up to the cottage in order to spend the weekend with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the problem for patients who are suffering from Wilson's disease, according to the book?

2. What was the problem with the season being winter when it came to finding out the diagnosis for the sick children?

3. Septicemia a general term for what, according to the explanations in this book?

4. What were the initial symptoms that Betty Page experienced, leading her to seek out medical treatment?

5. Why wasn't Betty's husband experiencing any of the symptoms that she was?

6. What was odd about Richard's case of hyperthyroidism, which baffled doctors?

7. Why didn't the man who hand kneaded the dough cause any infection to spread when the bread was baked?

8. What was determined to be the cause of the illness that was later found to be tularemia?

9. Why did Natalie decide to seek out orthodontic treatment for her teeth in 1972?

10. What did investigators find to be unusual about the feed in the storage bin?

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