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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 Building the Case, what did the proprietor of a coffee shop mix with Broad Street water and sell?
(a) Soup.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Sherbet.
(d) Ice cream.

2. When did Thomas Latta come up with a water cure for cholera?
(a) 1784.
(b) 1841.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1832.

3. Where was St. Luke's Church located in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?
(a) Berwick Street.
(b) Hanover Street.
(c) Regent Street.
(d) Broad Street.

4. Which college did Henry Whitehead attend at Oxford?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Kellogg.
(c) Exeter.
(d) Mansfield.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Night-Soil Men, how far would a bone-picker travel?

2. In Building the Case, after how many hours after receiving Farr's early numbers, had Snow tracked down intimate details of behavior from surviving family and neighbors of more than 70 people?

3. In The Pump Handle, when did the board of governors of St. James Parish hold an emergency meeting?

4. In 1854, where was the scientist from who discovered a small comma-shaped organism in the intestinal mucosa of a cholera victim?

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how far did the Broad Street Pump extend below the surface of the street?

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