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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sunday, September 3: The Investigator.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the toshers wear?
(a) Leather boots.
(b) Corduroy jackets.
(c) Waders.
(d) Velveteen coats.

2. About how many people were part of the London scavengers in The Night-Soil Men?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 100,000.

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how far did the Broad Street Pump extend below the surface of the street?
(a) 10 feet.
(b) 25 feet.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 30 feet.

4. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, with whom did Susannah Eley share a bottle of water from the Broad Street pump?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Daughter.
(c) Neighbor.
(d) Niece.

5. When did Queen Victoria decide to give chloroform a try?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1853.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In The Night-Soil Men, how many corpses were packed into a burial ground in Islington?

3. At the beginning of The Night-Soil Men, what river would the toshers wade through the muck of low tide?

4. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the pure-finders collect?

5. When did Thomas and Sarah Lewis's infant daughter become sick?

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