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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 Pump Handle, for what age children was getting water from the Broad Street pump a common chore?
(a) Any child older than 6 or 7.
(b) Any child older than 9 or 10.
(c) Any child older than 8.
(d) Any child older than 11.

2. What did John Snow's father do for a living?
(a) Laborer.
(b) Professor.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Grocer.

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many workers did the Lion Brewery on Broad Street employ?
(a) 24.
(b) 39.
(c) 12.
(d) 70.

4. In The Pump Handle, when did the board of governors of St. James Parish hold an emergency meeting?
(a) Friday night.
(b) Thursday night.
(c) Tuesday night.
(d) Wednesday night.

5. How old was Snow when he died?
(a) 62.
(b) 39.
(c) 51.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Edwin Chadwick publish his study of sanitation among the laboring classes?

2. How old was Snow when he apprenticed to a surgeon on Newcastle-on-Tyne?

3. When did Thomas and Sarah Lewis's infant daughter become sick?

4. In 1842 in Bethnal Green was was the average life expectancy for the working poor?

5. In 1843, where did a proposal want to have cast-iron sewers transport waste?

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