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

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, when was the first time that cholera was known to exist on British soil?
(a) 1797.
(b) 1743.
(c) 1831.
(d) 1826.

3. When did Snow's paper on the use of arsenic in the preservation of cadavers appeared in "The Lancet"?
(a) 1840.
(b) 1841.
(c) 1839.
(d) 1838.

4. In All Smell Is Disease, what was the lifespan of some of the men who worked in the sewers?
(a) 40-50.
(b) 50-60.
(c) 30-40.
(d) 60-80.

5. In Building the Case as Snow survey the Golden Square neighborhood, how many deaths lay outside the boundary line of Snow's map?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In All Smell is Disease, how did John Snow spend September 5?

3. By September 4, how many workers at the Lion Brewery had contracted cholera?

4. When did Thomas Lewis become ill?

5. How long did it take after Pacini glimpsed bacteria in his microscope for others to make the same discovery?

(see the answer key)

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