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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 The Pump Handle, among the 45 houses extending in all directions from the intersection of Broad and Cambridge streets, how many managed to survive the epidemic without losing a single resident?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

2. In The Investigator, how many blocks were ravished by cholera?
(a) 3 square blocks.
(b) 7 square blocks.
(c) 5 square blocks.
(d) 8 square blocks.

3. In The Ghost Map, in what publication did an unsigned editorial appear that lambasted Snow's waterborne theory of cholera?
(a) The Times.
(b) Daily Mail.
(c) The Lancet.
(d) The Daily Telegraph.

4. What did John Snow's father do for a living?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Laborer.
(c) Professor.
(d) Grocer.

5. How many men were on a team of night-soil workers?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. By September 4, how many workers at the Eley Brothers factory had gotten cholera?

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many animals would a slaughterhouse at the edge of Soho on Marshall Street kill per day on average?

3. In All Smell is Disease, when did Benjamin become president of the Board of Health?

4. In Building the Case, of the 83 deaths recorded on Farr's list, how many of those were in houses that were closer to the Broad Street pump than any other water source?

5. In The Pump Handle, when was the handle of the Broad Street pump removed?

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