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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. In The Ghost Map, in what publication did an unsigned editorial appear that lambasted Snow's waterborne theory of cholera?
(a) The Lancet.
(b) The Daily Telegraph.
(c) Daily Mail.
(d) The Times.

4. By September 5, how many residents of the Golden Square neighborhood died in the last 5 days?
(a) More than 500.
(b) 450.
(c) 630.
(d) About 300.

5. In The Ghost Map during the cholera outbreak in 1866, how many people had died by the end of August?
(a) More than 4,000.
(b) 1,100.
(c) 2,500.
(d) About 3,000.

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

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

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

9. In 1843, where did a proposal want to have cast-iron sewers transport waste?
(a) Cumbria and Suffolk.
(b) Kent and Essex.
(c) Shropshire.
(d) Surrey.

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

11. In Building the Case, what did the proprietor of a coffee shop mix with Broad Street water and sell?
(a) Soup.
(b) Sherbet.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Ice cream.

12. In Building the Case, how many quarts of Broad Street water did a boy tell Whitehead he had drunk from the Broad Street pump?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 1.

13. 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) 24.
(c) 36.
(d) 18.

14. In Building the Case, what was the name of St. Luke's scripture reader?
(a) Martin Trevor.
(b) Peter Anderson.
(c) James Richardson.
(d) David Wilson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In The Pump Handle, how many directives did Benjamin Hall issue for the three-man committee formed to investigate the Broad Street outbreak?

3. In The Pump Handle, how many cases of cholera were reported on Saturday morning according to The Globe?

4. In "Sedgwick's Principles of Sanitary Science and Public Health", how many pages are devoted to the Broad Street outbreak?

5. In The Pump Handle, how many people did the author say were crowded into three city blocks?

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