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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 30.
(b) 18.
(c) 24.
(d) 36.

2. In The Pump Handle, how many cases of cholera were reported on Saturday morning according to The Globe?
(a) 9 or 10.
(b) 11.
(c) 7 or 8.
(d) 8.

3. How long was the monograph titled "The Cholera in Benwick Street" that Whitehead wrote?
(a) 17 pages.
(b) 11 pages.
(c) 9 pages.
(d) 12 pages.

4. In The Ghost Map, when was there a horrible stench along the banks of the Thames?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1856.

5. In The Ghost Map, when was the new sewer system mostly operational?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1864.
(d) 1865.

6. In The Pump Handle, when did the board of governors of St. James Parish hold an emergency meeting?
(a) Wednesday night.
(b) Tuesday night.
(c) Friday night.
(d) Thursday night.

7. When Whitehead research the records, how long did he discover that the Lewis baby was sick before she died?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 days.

8. When did Whitehead believe that paitent zero would have fallen ill?
(a) August 30.
(b) Around August 28.
(c) August 31.
(d) Around August 29.

9. In 1846 what did Edwin Chadwick tell a parliamentary committee that the problem of London sewage was?
(a) The smell.
(b) The bacteria.
(c) The contamination of water.
(d) The quantity.

10. In All Smell Is Disease, what was the lifespan of some of the men who worked in the sewers?
(a) 40-50.
(b) 60-80.
(c) 30-40.
(d) 50-60.

11. When did Edwin Chadwick publish his study of sanitation among the laboring classes?
(a) 1842.
(b) 1841.
(c) 1840.
(d) 1852.

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

13. In Building the Case as Snow survey the Golden Square neighborhood, how many deaths lay outside the boundary line of Snow's map?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.

14. On September 6, to how many patients did Snow deliver chloroform?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

15. At the beginning of All Smell is Disease, how many people did Whitehead see recover?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Building the Case, how far was a tailor on Cross Street from The Little Marlborough Street pump?

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?

4. By September 5, how many residents of the Golden Square neighborhood died in the last 5 days?

5. In The Ghost Map, how many miles of sewers were constructed by Bazalgette and his team?

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