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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Monday, September 4: That Is to Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When long ago were composting pits used by the citizens of Knossos?
(a) 4,000 years.
(b) 8,000 years.
(c) 4,500 years.
(d) 7,500 years.

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many citizens were inmates at the St. James Workhouse?
(a) 250.
(b) 475.
(c) 115.
(d) 500.

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

5. During the cholera outbreak of 1831, what group of individuals did Snow treat?
(a) Children.
(b) Miners.
(c) Elderly.
(d) Sailors.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was a water-flushing device invented by Sir John Harington?

2. How old was Snow when he apprenticed to a surgeon on Newcastle-on-Tyne?

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many workers did the Lion Brewery on Broad Street employ?

4. 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?

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

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