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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 Building the Case, after how many hours after receiving Farr's early numbers, had Snow tracked down intimate details of behavior from surviving family and neighbors of more than 70 people?
(a) 18.
(b) 36.
(c) 30.
(d) 24.

2. By September 4, how many workers at the Lion Brewery had contracted cholera?
(a) 15.
(b) 0.
(c) 20.
(d) 11.

3. In 1854, where was the scientist from who discovered a small comma-shaped organism in the intestinal mucosa of a cholera victim?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

4. In The Ghost Map, when the new sewer system was designed, when was sewage discharged into the Thames?
(a) Noon.
(b) High tide.
(c) Low tide.
(d) Midnight.

5. When did Snow propose a theory that an agent that victims ingested was the cause of cholera?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1851.
(d) 1849.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1854 if a letter was sent by mail at 9 a.m., when would the recipient across town receive it?

3. In The Pump Handle, when did the board of governors of St. James Parish hold an emergency meeting?

4. In The Ghost Map during the cholera outbreak in 1866, how many people had died by the end of August?

5. In 1843, where did a proposal want to have cast-iron sewers transport waste?

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