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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4 A Disease of the Direst Suffering.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Theodore avoid fighting in the Civil War?
(a) He hired a substitute
(b) He fled to Canada
(c) His Diabetes kept him from serving
(d) He shot himself in the foot

2. What is the first stage of an attack?
(a) The heart stopping
(b) A tingling in the fingers
(c) A tightening of the chest
(d) A pain in the stomach

3. What treatment in Teedie's childhood is closest to modern drugs for asthma?
(a) Whiskey
(b) Black coffee
(c) Ipecac
(d) Cigars

4. When did the family arrive in Paris?
(a) March 1870
(b) June 1890
(c) October 1861
(d) November 1901

5. When did many of Teedie's attacks happen?
(a) Thursday mornings
(b) Wednesday afternoon
(c) Sunday morning
(d) Monday night

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes Ellie as a child?

2. Who moved to the north with Mittie?

3. What keeps a child from breathing during an attack?

4. Who was the family greeted by in Europe?

5. Asthma has been described as a cry for who?

(see the answer key)

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