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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Camp Grant was located along what river?
(a) The Hudson River.
(b) The Rock River.
(c) The Shasta River.
(d) The Trinity River.

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

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

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 20, investigators today believe that in the United States, the 1918-1919 flu epidemic caused an excess death toll of about how many people?
(a) 284,000.
(b) 723,000.
(c) 425,000.
(d) 675,000.

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

7. 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.

8. 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) Louis Howe.
(b) Thomas Huxley.
(c) Elias Canetti.
(d) George McCoy.

9. When did Rupert Blue complete his medical studies?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1899.

10. Where was Preston Kyes working in June of 1918?
(a) The University of Pennsylvania.
(b) New York University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) The University of Chicago.

11. Who was the dierector of the Public Health Service's Hygenic Laboratory in 1918?
(a) Louis Howe.
(b) Elias Canetti.
(c) Samuel Tilden.
(d) George McCoy.

12. What term from Chapter 25 refers to "the random movement of particles in a fluid" (302)?
(a) Lucidian motion.
(b) Articulate motion.
(c) Brownian motion.
(d) Ambiguous motion.

13. In what kind of test are bacteria "stained with crystal violet, treated with iodine, washed with alcohol, and then stained again with a contrasting dye" (298)?
(a) The Gram test.
(b) The Boyle test.
(c) The Ross test.
(d) The Pfeiffer test.

14. What book did Katherine Anne Porter publish that included some of her experiences with the Spanish flu?
(a) The Discovery.
(b) One Walk in the Night.
(c) Pale Horse, Pale Rider.
(d) The Plague of 1918.

15. How many troops did Camp Pike house in 1918?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 60,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the death toll ultimately reach in New York City alone from the Spanish flu pandemic?

2. Where was Charles-Edward Winslow working as an epidemiologist and professor when the 1918 outbreak occurred?

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

4. Where did Paul Lewis attend college?

5. How many medical schools were there in Philadelphia when the outbreak occurred in 1918?

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