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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ________ disease is an inherited condition that changes the way the body metabolizes _________, which causes the mental symptoms.
(a) Manganese.
(b) Water.
(c) Iron.
(d) Copper.

2. The doctor began to link the problems with smell and taste to troubles with the ________ and zinc levels in the body.
(a) Calcium.
(b) Copper.
(c) Vitamin C.
(d) Vitamin D.

3. What organ becomes inflamed when a person is infected with hepatitis, according to the book?
(a) Heart.
(b) Stomach.
(c) Liver.
(d) Gall bladder.

4. What was the suspected cause of the infant's symptoms in July 1965?
(a) Botulism.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Septicemia.

5. Where was Natalie employed before she could not work anymore as a result of her condition?
(a) Department of Commerce.
(b) Recovery Academy.
(c) Home.
(d) St. Sebastian's.

6. What was the game that Dean Berger loved to play, so he entered a competition in order to play it and to win?
(a) Bridge.
(b) Poker.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Euchre.

7. What is another name for collective obsessional behavior, according to the book?
(a) Psychosis.
(b) Mass hysteria.
(c) Lying.
(d) Mob mentality.

8. How is babesiosis generally spread, according to the book and to scientists?
(a) Ticks.
(b) Cats.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Mosquitoes.

9. What was the diagnosis for Carol when she was admitted as a welfare patient since she ran out of money?
(a) Bipolar disorder.
(b) Craziness.
(c) Hysterical neurosis.
(d) Schizophrenia.

10. What did the family raise, which made the investigators begin to think these might have had something to do with the cause?
(a) Bees.
(b) Horses.
(c) Hogs.
(d) Cows.

11. Since Dean was a _________, doctors believed his lower blood oxygen was caused by that exposure.
(a) Roofer.
(b) Paint chemist.
(c) Med tech.
(d) Engineer.

12. What did Betty see that made her realize what her medical condition probably was?
(a) A dead bug.
(b) A book.
(c) A strange color in the water.
(d) An invoice.

13. The symptoms the children were having indicated some sort of _____________, though the cause was unclear.
(a) Infection.
(b) Poisoning.
(c) Brain inflammation.
(d) Trauma.

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

15. What happened to other students after Sandy was taken to the hospital?
(a) Other students began to get ill.
(b) Other students left.
(c) Other students looked for clues.
(d) Other students thought she was faking it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Natalie find out was given to her in order to help her depression, though this left her unaware of where she was?

2. What were Betty Page and her husband planning when she began to have strange medical symptoms?

3. One female patient got reactive to metals after having __________ implanted during a surgery.

4. What did Carol begin to show in her symptoms, leading to her being admitted to a psychiatric hospital?

5. What kind of restaurant did Rudy Coniglio own, according to the details in the book?

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