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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 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) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

2. In Building the Case, how far was a tailor on Cross Street from The Little Marlborough Street pump?
(a) 1 block.
(b) 4 blocks.
(c) 2 blocks.
(d) 3 blocks.

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

4. In All Smell is Disease, how did John Snow spend September 5?
(a) Treating patients.
(b) Taking water samples to a chemist.
(c) Analyzing water samples.
(d) Looking for patterns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what ailment did Snow administer chloroform to a patient on September 6?

2. At the beginning of All Smell is Disease, how many people did Whitehead see recover?

3. When did Florence Nightingale write her "Notes on Nursing"?

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

5. In Building the Case, within how many days did a tailor on Cross Street and his children die?

Short Essay Questions

1. In The Ghost Map, what did the first map look like that Snow created?

2. In Building the Case, what did Snow discover that seemed to point to a reason why residents at 50 Poland Street and workers at the Lion Brewery did not contract cholera?

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

4. Why was the pump handle removed on September 8?

5. When and why would a tailor send one of his boys to get well water at the Broad Street pump in Building the Case?

6. In The Ghost Map, why was Edmund Cooper sent to investigate the Broad Street epidemic?

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

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

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

10. How did Hall's instructions to the three-man committee investigating the cholera outbreak in The Pump Handle, tilt the results?

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