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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What store refused the box of damaged clothing, though it was still sold at a salvage store?
(a) Target.
(b) Sears.
(c) Wal-Mart.
(d) J.C. Penney.

2. In what area did the men live when they were stricken by their mysterious disease?
(a) Miami.
(b) Boston.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Manhattan.

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

4. What is the active ingredient in aspirin, according to the book?
(a) Acetimenophen.
(b) Salicylic acid.
(c) Willow trees.
(d) Ibuprofen.

5. What is the name of the empty sac that can develop for no apparent reason, which showed up in Turner's test results?
(a) Pancreatitis.
(b) Tumor.
(c) Pseudocyst.
(d) Malignancy.

6. Aspirin _________ is not uncommon in children, especially those who are under the age of five.
(a) Reactions.
(b) Sensitivity.
(c) Poisoning.
(d) Tolerance.

7. What company changed the name of the compound to aspirin?
(a) Bayer.
(b) Bufferin.
(c) Tylenol.
(d) Advil.

8. What is NOT one of the diagnoses that the woman who entered the Dallas hospital was given?
(a) Typhoid fever.
(b) Flu.
(c) Polio.
(d) Encephalitis.

9. What is the source of the infection that was afflicting people in this section of the book?
(a) Bacteria.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Virus.
(d) Injections.

10. Where did Vernon seek out treatment for his illness when he first began to have symptoms?
(a) Honolulu.
(b) Okinawa.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Chicago.

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

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

13. Aspirin can block ___________ that can cause heart attacks and strokes in some people.
(a) Headaches.
(b) Pains.
(c) Cholesterol.
(d) Blood clots.

14. Rabid _______ are a strong concern as there is no method of immunization for them.
(a) Bears.
(b) Bats.
(c) Birds.
(d) Dogs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the symptom that occurred around Vernon's eyes that caused him to look strange?

2. What was added to the aspirin compound in order to make it easier on stomachs to handle?

3. In what city was the hospital where Herman went to seek treatment for his uncomfortable symptoms?

4. Who had a legal obligation to investigate the poisoning because there were eleven different cases of illness?

5. The ________ was provided to the event by the Hindenburg Pleasure Society, according to the researcher's findings.

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