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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Liberace Room.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the food that all of the ill men had eaten, leading the investigators to believe there had been a misdiagnosis?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Toast.

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

3. Who had a legal obligation to investigate the poisoning because there were eleven different cases of illness?
(a) The local emergency room.
(b) No one.
(c) Health department.
(d) CDC.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of scientist was able to discover how to create a synthetic version of aspirin?

2. Those who are known to be carriers are legally barred from having a role in the ____________ industry.

3. Who developed a vaccine for the rabies virus in the 1880s?

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

5. How many cases of illness had popped up by the time the medical team came in to investigate?

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