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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Rainy Day on the Vineyard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whocooked the pig that was served at the fest where people became ill?
(a) No one.
(b) An outside vendor.
(c) Employed help.
(d) The pig was already cooked when it arrived.

2. What is caused by a parasitic worm that lodges in the muscle fibers and can be an infection that is difficult to treat?
(a) Salmonella.
(b) Carbon monoxide poisoning.
(c) Botulism.
(d) Trichinosis.

3. In what year was the method to produce a synthetic version of aspirin's main ingredient discovered?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1888.

4. What was the initial reason why Hoffman decided to go into the doctor?
(a) Itchy sore.
(b) Fever.
(c) Relentless cough.
(d) Back pain.

5. What condition did many people at the garden party at Martha's Vineyard seem to contract?
(a) Botulism.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Influenza.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Elmo Turner and his wife gone before he decided to go to his hometown physician?

2. What is NOT one of the symptoms the children in this chapter were experiencing?

3. Aspirin _________ is not uncommon in children, especially those who are under the age of five.

4. The one who was spreading the hepatitis, it seemed, was on a team of workers who were tasked with making ____________.

5. What was the diagnosis most people thought was the cause of Billy's symptoms, while the race was on to find the specific cause?

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