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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Hazel's father?
(a) He is on an exploration abroad.
(b) He is in England serving the king.
(c) He is a traveling tradesman.
(d) He is on Saint Helena overseeing Napoleon's imprisonment.

2. What was Dr. Beecham's stated purpose in his later years?
(a) Microscope technology.
(b) The quest for eternal life.
(c) An inoculation against Roman fever.
(d) A book about the history of medicine.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what does the reader learn about Beecham and his gloves?
(a) He's not from Scotland.
(b) He is Dr. Straine's protege.
(c) He never takes off his gloves.
(d) This is his one thousandth surgery.

4. How are Hazel and Bernard related?
(a) Hazel is Bernard's aunt.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) Bernard is Hazel's uncle.
(d) They are not related.

5. Why did the woman in the play kill herself?
(a) She was sick and in pain.
(b) Because she realized she was dancing with the Devil instead of with her husband.
(c) A man whom she did not love was forcing her into marriage.
(d) The police were chasing her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Roman fever get its name?

2. What was the broadsheet advertisement that Hazel had in her pocket advertising?

3. How did Hazel treat Cook's cut on her hand?

4. What finally made the dead frog's legs move?

5. Who noticed Hazel as soon as she emerged out on the street from the Anatomists' Society building?

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