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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 Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, with whom did Henry Whitehead share a room?
(a) Brother.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Father.

2. What did the Board of Health have put on the streets in All Smell is Disease?
(a) Salt.
(b) Water and bleach.
(c) Chloride of lime.
(d) Bleach.

3. According to Mayhew in 1845, how many ships hauled animal manure to England?
(a) 311.
(b) 281.
(c) 549.
(d) 683.

4. In The Pump Handle, how long did the deaths in Soho continue after the pump handle was removed?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) About 4 days.
(c) Another week.
(d) 3 days.

5. How long did Queen Victoria inhale chloroform when she had her eighth child?
(a) 53 minutes.
(b) 62 minutes.
(c) 48 minutes.
(d) 39 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Epilogue, in the one acre area that the Twin Towers occupied, what was the working population on a weekday?

2. In 1842 in Bethnal Green was was the average life expectancy for the working poor?

3. By Sunday morning, how many people had died in the last 24hours?

4. Which of Charles Dickens' novels had scene a where a team of toshers took coins from a corpse?

5. When Whitehead research the records, how long did he discover that the Lewis baby was sick before she died?

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