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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Chapter 17 - Part 6: Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Outside of what city was Camp Grant located, according to the author in Chapter 18?
(a) Dallas, Texas.
(b) Mena, Arkansas.
(c) West Memphis, Tennessee.
(d) Rockford, Illinois.

2. What was the approximate population of the United states in 1918-1919?
(a) 120-125 million.
(b) 130-140 million.
(c) 80-85 million.
(d) 105-110 million.

3. Counting both sides, how many troops died in the U.S. Civil War in combat or from their wounds?
(a) 254,000.
(b) 23,000.
(c) 185,000.
(d) 634,000.

4. What was the most serious disease that threatened the construction of the Panama Canal?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Typhoid fever.

5. How many civilians were admitted to Philadelphia hospitals on September 27, 1918 suffering from influenza?
(a) 89.
(b) 53.
(c) 123.
(d) 652.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was William Henry Welch when his mother died?

2. When was William Henry Welch born?

3. The author states in Chapter 1 that there are two most important questions in science. What is the second?

4. What was tuberculosis called by laypeople?

5. Near what town was Camp Custer located in the fall of 1918?

(see the answer key)

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