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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 Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, what had been the temperature for several straight days?
(a) 80s.
(b) 70s.
(c) 60s.
(d) 90s.

2. By September 4, how many workers at the Lion Brewery had contracted cholera?
(a) 11.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 0.

3. In The Pump Handle, how many directives did Benjamin Hall issue for the three-man committee formed to investigate the Broad Street outbreak?
(a) 60.
(b) 45.
(c) 50.
(d) 39.

4. In The Ghost Map when the news sewers were construction, how much did it cost to build the main intercepting sewers?
(a) 3 million pounds.
(b) 4 million pounds.
(c) 5 million pounds.
(d) 2 million pounds.

5. In That Is To Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died, how long did it take the newapapers to report the cholera outbreak?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 3 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how long after the Lewis baby fell ill did life in Golden Square continue as usual?

2. In The Investigator, how many blocks were ravished by cholera?

3. In The Pump Handle, how long did the deaths in Soho continue after the pump handle was removed?

4. In The Ghost Map, how many days after suffering a stroke, did Snow die?

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

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