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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Pump Handle, when did Snow give Whitehead a copy of his monograph?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1857.

2. In All Smell is Disease, how far back did the miasma theory date to?
(a) 104 B.C.
(b) Fourth century A.D.
(c) 312 A.D.
(d) Third century B.C.

3. In All Smell Is Disease, when was a study done that discovered that strong smells triggered activity in the amygdala and the ventral insula of the brain?
(a) 1976.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2003.
(d) 1998.

4. In The Pump Handle, how many deaths did Whitehead say occurred at the model home on Peter Street?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 17.
(d) 21.

5. In Building the Case, within how many days did a tailor on Cross Street and his children die?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

6. In Building the Case, upon what skills did Snow's cholera theory ultimately depend?
(a) Sociologist.
(b) Physician.
(c) Researcher.
(d) Inventor.

7. In The Pump Handle, among the 45 houses extending in all directions from the intersection of Broad and Cambridge streets, how many managed to survive the epidemic without losing a single resident?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 11.

8. In The Pump Handle, how many people living within 250 yards of the Broad Street pump died in less than two weeks?
(a) 430.
(b) 550.
(c) 700.
(d) 610.

9. What class of people did Whitehead notice during a sermon had survived the plague in disproportionate numbers?
(a) Poor children under ten.
(b) Poor teenagers.
(c) Poor, elderly women.
(d) Poor, elderly men.

10. In Building the Case, who were the proprietors of the Lion Brewery?
(a) Richard and Andrew Wyatt.
(b) Robert and David Smythe.
(c) Bryan and Peter Strothers.
(d) Edward and John Huggins.

11. In The Pump Handle, when was the handle of the Broad Street pump removed?
(a) Thursday afternoon.
(b) Friday morning.
(c) Thursday night.
(d) Friday afternoon.

12. How long did Thomas Lewis fight the disease before dying?
(a) 9 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 11 days.
(d) 5 days.

13. In The Pump Handle, as Whitehead tracked down residents who left the neighborhood, how many was he able to find?
(a) 281.
(b) 529.
(c) 497.
(d) 386.

14. In The Pump Handle, how many people did the author say were crowded into three city blocks?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 750.
(c) 600.
(d) 250.

15. In Building the Case, what part of the body was affected by cholera?
(a) Circulatory system.
(b) Cardiac system.
(c) Small intestine.
(d) Respiratory system.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Edwin Chadwick publish his study of sanitation among the laboring classes?

2. In The Ghost Map when a new sewer system was designed, how many main lines were to run north of the Thames?

3. In The Ghost Map, how many days after suffering a stroke, did Snow die?

4. In All Smell is Disease, according to Joseph Bazalgette, how many cesspools were abolished in about six years?

5. In Building the Case, when did survivors who reported consuming large quantities of water from the Broad Street pump do their drinking?

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