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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 1843, where did a proposal want to have cast-iron sewers transport waste?
(a) Cumbria and Suffolk.
(b) Kent and Essex.
(c) Shropshire.
(d) Surrey.

2. 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.

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

4. How old was Snow when he apprenticed to a surgeon on Newcastle-on-Tyne?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

5. When was a water-flushing device invented by Sir John Harington?
(a) Early fifteenth century.
(b) Eighteenth century.
(c) Seventeenth century.
(d) Late sixteenth century.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Edwin Chadwick appointed to the Poor Law Commission?

2. When did cholera first appear in New York City?

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

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

5. In All Smell is Disease, how many homes in 1849 were found to have offensive smells from bad drainage?

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