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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: Broad Street Revisted.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the Epilogue, what percent of people living in Manhattan travel to work by public transit, by bicycle, or on foot?
(a) 82%.
(b) 69%.
(c) 78%.
(d) 91%.

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

4. In Building the Case, what did the proprietor of a coffee shop mix with Broad Street water and sell?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Soup.
(d) Sherbet.

5. In The Ghost Map, in 1854, how much of your neighborhood did the author say might die in London if you left town for a weekend?
(a) 5%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 10%.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Pump Handle, when did Snow give Whitehead a copy of his monograph?

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

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

4. During the Great Stink along the Thames in The Ghost Map, how did the rates of death from epidemic disease rise or fall?

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

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