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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Ghost Map.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Florence Nightingale write her "Notes on Nursing"?
(a) 1853.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1849.

2. In 1842, what was the average age of death for the well-to-do male?
(a) 45.
(b) 48.
(c) 50.
(d) 55.

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many sheep would the main livestock market at Smithfield regularly sell in two days?
(a) 23,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 500.

4. In The Pump Handle, when did the board of governors of St. James Parish hold an emergency meeting?
(a) Tuesday night.
(b) Wednesday night.
(c) Thursday night.
(d) Friday night.

5. In the mid-1800s, how many firms supplied water to London?
(a) 13.
(b) About 12.
(c) Roughly 10.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. In All Smell is Disease, according to Joseph Bazalgette, how many cesspools were abolished in about six years?

2. In Building the Case, what was the career of St. Luke's scripture reader?

3. In All Smell is Disease, how many people died in the cholera outbreak of 1848-1849?

4. By Sunday morning, how many people were on the edge of death?

5. In The Ghost Map, how many days after suffering a stroke, did Snow die?

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