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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which college did Henry Whitehead attend at Oxford?
(a) Exeter.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Kellogg.
(d) Mansfield.

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

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how man dogs did a man at 38 Silver Street keep in one room?
(a) 27.
(b) 11.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

4. When was Henry Whitehead offered a position at St. Luke's?
(a) 1847.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1853.

5. When long ago were composting pits used by the citizens of Knossos?
(a) 7,500 years.
(b) 4,000 years.
(c) 4,500 years.
(d) 8,000 years.

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

7. On September 4, in the three days since the outbreak, how many residents of well-to-do houses had died?
(a) Quarter.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Half.
(d) Third.

8. In 1854, how long did some people complain that it took a letter to reach its destination in letters written to editors of newspapers?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 7 hours.

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

10. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many workers did the Lion Brewery on Broad Street employ?
(a) 39.
(b) 70.
(c) 12.
(d) 24.

11. Which of Charles Dickens' novels had scene a where a team of toshers took coins from a corpse?
(a) Bleak House.
(b) Hard Times.
(c) Little Dorrit.
(d) Out Mutual Friend.

12. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, with whom did Susannah Eley share a bottle of water from the Broad Street pump?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Neighbor.
(c) Daughter.
(d) Niece.

13. In The Night-Soil Men, what hours did the night-soil men work?
(a) 1 a.m. to 6 a.m.
(b) Midnight to 5 a.m.
(c) 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.
(d) 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.

14. When was The Long Epidemiological Society founded?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1851.
(d) 1849.

15. In The Night-Soil Men, what year was it?
(a) 1862.
(b) 1841.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1839.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Henry Whitehead in Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue?

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, when was the last time it had rained in London?

3. In 1854, what was the population of London?

4. In 1854, where was the scientist from who discovered a small comma-shaped organism in the intestinal mucosa of a cholera victim?

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

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