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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Ghost Map.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Ghost Map when a new sewer system was designed, how many main lines were to run north of the Thames?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

2. In The Night-Soil Men, how long would it take a bone-picker go go over his rounds?
(a) 7-9 hours.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 10 hours.
(d) 6-8 hours.

3. In 1854, where was the scientist from who discovered a small comma-shaped organism in the intestinal mucosa of a cholera victim?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

4. In The Ghost Map, when the new sewer system was designed, when was sewage discharged into the Thames?
(a) Low tide.
(b) High tide.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Noon.

5. In The Investigator in 1848 on what steamer did John Harnold work as a crewman?
(a) Elbe.
(b) Rosemarie.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Labyrinth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In That Is to Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died, who went up in a hot-air balloon to examine the entire city of London?

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many citizens were inmates at the St. James Workhouse?

3. In Building the Case, how many cholera patients were admitted to Middlesex Hospital?

4. How old was Henry Whitehead in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?

5. In All Smell is Disease, how many homes in 1849 were found to have offensive smells from bad drainage?

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