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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through As Empty as Eve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of birds did several of the classrooms in the school have that might have caused the disease?
(a) Parakeets.
(b) Robins.
(c) Ravens.
(d) Ostriches.

2. In what city was Billy Cordoba seen for his unknown, but serious illness?
(a) Topeka.
(b) Fresno.
(c) Portland.
(d) San Francisco.

3. What is the only type of animal that carried the rabies virus, according to scientists at the time?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Horses.
(c) Vampire bat.
(d) Snakes.

4. What did Natalie decide to keep when she was admitted to the psychiatric hospital?
(a) Diary.
(b) Her teeth.
(c) A stuffed animal.
(d) Her favorite perfume.

5. What is the standard treatment for hepatitis once it is identified in a patient?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Gamma globulin.
(c) IV fluids.
(d) Antibiotics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had remained wet after the pipes had been fixed, leading to the contamination?

2. What did the family raise, which made the investigators begin to think these might have had something to do with the cause?

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

4. Natalie participated in what profession before she went through her horrifying ordeal?

5. What had bitten the woman who died, though the doctor didn't think this was the cause of her disease?

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