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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of All Smell is Disease, how many people did Whitehead see recover?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

3. During the Great Stink along the Thames in The Ghost Map, how did the rates of death from epidemic disease rise or fall?
(a) They were normal.
(b) They rose a great deal.
(c) There was a 5% decrease in deaths.
(d) There was a 20% increase in deaths.

4. In All Smell is Disease, how many people died in the cholera outbreak of 1848-1849?
(a) Nearly 15,000.
(b) 9,000.
(c) About 11,000.
(d) 7,500.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Pump Handle, how many deaths did Whitehead say occurred at the model home on Peter Street?

2. When was Henry Whitehead offered a position at St. Luke's?

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

4. In 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?

5. As Whitehead conducted his investigation in The Pump Handle, how much did drinking from the Broad Street well increase a person's risk of infection?

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