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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Saturday, September 2: Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Night-Soil Men, how many corpses were packed into a burial ground in Islington?
(a) 55,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 80,000.

2. In 1851 in the subdistrict of Berwick Street, how many people were there per acre of land?
(a) 112.
(b) 432.
(c) 50.
(d) 205.

3. In The Night-Soil Men, how far would a bone-picker travel?
(a) 20-30 miles.
(b) 15-20 miles.
(c) 25-35 miles.
(d) 5-10 miles.

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

5. At the beginning of The Night-Soil Men, what river would the toshers wade through the muck of low tide?
(a) Thames.
(b) Darent.
(c) Lea.
(d) Cray.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first Englishman to die from cholera in Britain?

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, what day of the week did the Eley brothers take a bottle of water from the Broad Street pump to their mother?

3. When were Sanskrit writings written that describe a cholera-like disease?

4. How old was Henry Whitehead in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?

5. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the toshers wear?

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