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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. About how many people were part of the London scavengers in The Night-Soil Men?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 80,000.
(d) 20,000.

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how long after the Lewis baby fell ill did life in Golden Square continue as usual?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 2 days.

3. In the Epilogue, what percent of humans who are infected with H5N1 die?
(a) 90%.
(b) 65%.
(c) Nearly 75%.
(d) About 80%.

4. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the pure-finders collect?
(a) Dog feces.
(b) Human feces.
(c) Rat feces.
(d) Horse feces.

5. 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) 36.
(b) 18.
(c) 24.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Earl of Craven purchase a block of land called Soho Field?

2. In 1850, how many gallons of water a day were used by the average London household?

3. In the Epilogue, how long after the cholera outbreak investigate by Whitehead and Snow did the author write the book?

4. In the Epilogue, from which of Jane Jacobs' books does the author quote a passage?

5. In Building the Case, how many quarts of water did a girl say she had drunk from the Broad Street pump during her successful attempt to fight off the disease?

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