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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 9: Chapter 31 - Part 10: Chapter 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people were killed in the Johnstown flood of 1889?
(a) 3,200.
(b) 1,400.
(c) 500.
(d) 2,500.

2. Who sent a telegraph to William H. Park to ask his lab to investigate the Spanish flu from the National Research Council's section on medicine?
(a) Elias Canetti.
(b) Richard Pearce.
(c) Louis Howe.
(d) Samuel Tilden.

3. When did a German submarine sink the Lusitania?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1916.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between June 1 and August 1, 1918, how many British soldiers in France were hit hard enough by the 1918 flu that they could not report to duty?

2. How many sailors arrived from Boston at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on September 7, 1918?

3. What did the U.S. population exceed in the year 2004?

4. When did Germany announce unrestricted submarine warfare against neutral and merchant vessels during WWI?

5. What is the title of Part 6?

(see the answer key)

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