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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Camp Dodge located?
(a) California.
(b) Texas.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Oregon.

2. Where did Paul Lewis grow up?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Milwaukee.

3. Where was Robert Prager born?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

4. Where did William Welch go for part of his recuperation in Atlantic City?
(a) Hotel Monmarte.
(b) The Four Corners.
(c) Hotel Devonshire.
(d) Hotel Dennis.

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

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

7. How many bodies did the Philadelphia morgue have room for when the pandemic started in 1918?
(a) 16.
(b) 22.
(c) 36.
(d) 52.

8. Camp Hancock was located outside of what city?
(a) Roarke, New York.
(b) Malvern, Pennsylvania.
(c) Lubbock, Texas.
(d) Augusta, Georgia.

9. What symptom of the 1918 flu refers to a bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood?
(a) Cyanosis.
(b) Passive immunity.
(c) Regeneration.
(d) Ambiosis.

10. For how long does the author assert the influenza virus can remain infectious on a hard surface in Chapter 22?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 24 hours.

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

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

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

14. How many sailors arrived from Boston at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on September 7, 1918?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 400.
(d) 300.

15. The author states in Chapter 21 that the process of inflammation involves the release by certain white blood cells of proteins that are called what?
(a) Cytokines.
(b) Ionites.
(c) Aminos.
(d) Hormones.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the 1918 flu infected Camp Grant in Illinois, in six days the hospital went from 610 occupied beds to how many occupied?

2. On the day that the first Camp Grant soldier died, how many troops boarded a train from Camp Grant for Camp Hancock?

3. What term from Chapter 25 refers to "the random movement of particles in a fluid" (302)?

4. Who was the dierector of the Public Health Service's Hygenic Laboratory in 1918?

5. When did Park create the Laboratory for Special Therapy and Investigation in rival to the Rockefeller Institute?

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