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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sunday, September 3: The Investigator.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Investigator, in July 1849, how many people died on Thomas Street in Horsleydown?
(a) Around 10.
(b) About 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, what day of the week did the Eley brothers take a bottle of water from the Broad Street pump to their mother?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Tuesday.

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how man dogs did a man at 38 Silver Street keep in one room?
(a) 11.
(b) 27.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

4. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the toshers wear?
(a) Corduroy jackets.
(b) Waders.
(c) Leather boots.
(d) Velveteen coats.

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, with whom did Henry Whitehead share a room?
(a) Father.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Brother.
(d) Grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of The Night-Soil Men, what river would the toshers wade through the muck of low tide?

2. When did Queen Victoria decide to give chloroform a try?

3. In The Night-Soil Men, how many corpses were packed into a burial ground in Islington?

4. Which of Charles Dickens' novels had scene a where a team of toshers took coins from a corpse?

5. What did Whithead mix Broad Street water with at the end of The Investigator?

(see the answer key)

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