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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the day that the first Camp Grant soldier died, how many troops boarded a train from Camp Grant for Camp Hancock?
(a) 5,232.
(b) 1,234.
(c) 3,108.
(d) 2,523.

2. Who is quoted in Chapter 22 as having said, 'Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one's own way at all hazards" (277)?
(a) Thomas Huxley.
(b) Elias Canetti.
(c) George McCoy.
(d) Louis Howe.

3. The author states in Chapter 17 that there were no high schools in all of South Philadelphia until what year?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1942.

4. Where was Camp Pike located at the time of the pandemic?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Tennessee.

5. Who was Franklin Roosevelt's closest advisor that kept in hourly touch with his doctors when Roosevelt contracted the 1918 flu?
(a) Elias Canetti.
(b) Daniel Coit Gilman.
(c) Samuel Tilden.
(d) Louis Howe.

6. On what date did Knusen ban all public meetings in Philadelphia, including further Liberty Loan gatherings, churches, schools, and theaters?
(a) September 14, 1918.
(b) March 12, 1918.
(c) October 3, 1918.
(d) June 30, 1918.

7. Who was the chief medical officer at Camp Grant in June of 1918?
(a) Lieutenant Colonel H. C. Michie.
(b) Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Blue.
(c) Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Henle.
(d) Lieutenant Colonel Albert Sidney Burleson.

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

9. When did Teddy Roosevelt create the Great Lakes Naval Training Station?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1905.

10. What is the title of Part 7 of the book?
(a) "The Race."
(b) "The Warriors."
(c) "Explosion."
(d) "The Pestilence."

11. How old was Richard Pfeiffer in 1918?
(a) 40.
(b) 70.
(c) 60.
(d) 50.

12. Near what town was Camp Custer located in the fall of 1918?
(a) Battle Creek, Michigan.
(b) Roarke, New York.
(c) Augusta, Georgia.
(d) Malvern, Pennsylvania.

13. Who is the great French physiologist who is quoted in Chapter 22 as saying "Science teaches us to doubt" (274)?
(a) Elias Canetti.
(b) Claude Bernard.
(c) Thomas Huxley.
(d) Louis Howe.

14. Where was Camp Upton located in 1918?
(a) Missoula, Montana.
(b) Greensville, Tennessee.
(c) Clark, Texas.
(d) Long Island, New York.

15. When was the great Liberty Loan parade held in Philadelphia, infecting many with the 1918 flu?
(a) March 12, 1918.
(b) September 28, 1918.
(c) October 24, 1918.
(d) October 1, 1918.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Part 6?

2. What does the author say the incubation period of influenza is in Chapter 17?

3. What symptom of the 1918 flu refers to a bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood?

4. When did the U.S. enter into World War I?

5. Who was the Philadelphia public health director when the outbreak of 1918 flu began in the city?

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