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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Building the Case, how long does it take the V. cholerae bacteria to die off in distilled water?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) Few days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) A matter of hours.

2. 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) 11.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

3. In The Pump Handle, for what age children was getting water from the Broad Street pump a common chore?
(a) Any child older than 8.
(b) Any child older than 6 or 7.
(c) Any child older than 11.
(d) Any child older than 9 or 10.

4. In The Ghost Map, when did Snow suffer a stroke?
(a) July 3, 1858.
(b) May 11, 1858.
(c) June 10, 1858.
(d) August 10, 1858.

5. In Building the Case, how many cholera patients were admitted to Middlesex Hospital?
(a) More than 120.
(b) 125.
(c) 145.
(d) About 130.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take after Pacini glimpsed bacteria in his microscope for others to make the same discovery?

2. In All Smell Is Disease, what was the lifespan of some of the men who worked in the sewers?

3. How old was Snow when he died?

4. In The Ghost Map, in what publication did an unsigned editorial appear that lambasted Snow's waterborne theory of cholera?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In All Smell is Disease, why might Henry Whitehead have believed that the cholera might be ending?

2. In Building the Case, how would residents of Cross Street get to the Broad Street pump?

3. In Building the Case, what was the law of diffusion of gases?

4. Why was it odd that the sewer-hunters had long lifespans and were rarely sick?

5. Through the new sewer system, how much waste was deposited into the Thames and what was the result?

6. In The Ghost Map, what short-term impact might Snow's map have had?

7. What did one scholar testify before Parliament in 1864 about the value of London's sewage?

8. In The Pump Handle, why did Whitehead have a crucial edge in the cholera investigation?

9. How did Chadwick's career become the origin of the concept of "big government"? (113)

10. How did Whitehead and Snow begin working together in The Pump Handle?

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