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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The West Branch Study.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once the anthrax _______ are in the body, they excrete a toxic substance as they grow and multiply.
(a) Cells.
(b) Spores.
(c) Bugs.
(d) Grains.

2. What happened to three people in Manhattan in 1926, according to the description in this chapter?
(a) Orange skin.
(b) Rabies.
(c) Food poisoning.
(d) Typhoid fever.

3. What happens to people who get a mild form of the disease in this chapter?
(a) They become carriers.
(b) They are taken away.
(c) They have to be quarantined.
(d) They die.

4. What is NOT one of the symptoms the children in this chapter were experiencing?
(a) Nausea.
(b) High fever.
(c) Headache.
(d) Cough.

5. The disease in this chapter is passed on through the ___________ of a person who is carrying the disease.
(a) Hair.
(b) Tears.
(c) Sneezes.
(d) Excrement.

Short Answer Questions

1. The health department began to check every ________, fruit and vegetable stand, and restaurant in the area to find the source of the infections.

2. It was discovered that while the __________ all lived in the same neighborhood, they did not frequent the same events as others in their area.

3. What was the name of the fruit market that was discovered to be the source of the contamination and disease?

4. On what floor did the elderly woman who was a carrier live, according to the findings of researchers?

5. What was the color of Turner's skin, according to his doctor? ________ orange.

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