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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did New York City's first influenza death occur in 1918?
(a) December 12.
(b) June 12.
(c) March 15.
(d) September 15.

2. How did Colonel Charles Hagadorn die?
(a) He was shot in warfare.
(b) He died from Typhoid fever.
(c) He died from the flu.
(d) He shot himself.

3. Who was the Philadelphia public health director when the outbreak of 1918 flu began in the city?
(a) Jacob Henle.
(b) Carl Ludwig.
(c) Rupert Blue.
(d) Wilmer Krusen.

4. What ship that was once the pride of the German passenger fleet, had been confiscated by the U.S. undamaged during WWI?
(a) The Discovery.
(b) The Republica Dominica.
(c) The Rose Water.
(d) The Leviathan.

5. What did the death toll ultimately reach in New York City alone from the Spanish flu pandemic?
(a) 45,000.
(b) 33,000.
(c) 28,000.
(d) 26,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were reported to have died from influenza in Philadelphia on October 5, 1918?

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

3. 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?

4. Where was Camp Upton located in 1918?

5. For whom did Katherine Anne Porter work as a news reporter when the 1918 flu pandemic broke out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the soldiers that Colonel Charles Hagadorn had transported from Camp Grant to Camp Hancock?

2. What were the informational aspects of the pandemic that that scientists sought to discover, according to the author in Chapter 22?

3. Who was Joe Capps and what contribution did he have to the scientists fighting the virus?

4. Why were the U.S. newspapers not reporting widely on the pandemic of 1918?

5. What was the political landscape of Philadelphia in September of 1918?

6. What were the results of Paul Lewis's flu vaccine trial described in Chapter 24?

7. Who was Wilmer Krusen and what decision did he make that was crucial to the spread of the virus?

8. How did the Council of National Defense become involved in the Philadelphia outbreak?

9. How did William Henry Welch respond when he became infected with the flu?

10. How did the 1918 flu affect the human lungs?

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