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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At whose house did Carol decide to recover when she was done with her stay at the hospital?
(a) Her apartment.
(b) A friend's place.
(c) Husband's house.
(d) Parents' house.

2. What was the universal symptom in the other students who began to get ill?
(a) Weak backs.
(b) Cold feet.
(c) Blue hands.
(d) Hyperventilation.

3. What is NOT one of the treatments that Natalie pursued in order to help her with her depression?
(a) Leave from her job.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Rest.
(d) Medication.

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

5. Doctors believe the initial exposure to copper for Sara might have been in __________ she wore.
(a) A sock.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Jewelry.

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

7. Dean put his hands into his armpits to make his hands warmer when he was the ________ for a hand.
(a) Dummy.
(b) Dealer.
(c) Sitter.
(d) Leader.

8. The one who was spreading the hepatitis, it seemed, was on a team of workers who were tasked with making ____________.
(a) Pastries.
(b) Sausages.
(c) Butter.
(d) Breads.

9. For how many infections is septicemia the blanket term, making it difficult to choose the right course of treatment?
(a) 13.
(b) 100.
(c) 25.
(d) 50.

10. What kind of restaurant did Rudy Coniglio own, according to the details in the book?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Sushi.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Bagel.

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

12. What was the name of the fungicide that cause the troubles in the feed that was given to the animals?
(a) Thermagen.
(b) Tratophen.
(c) Mentalop.
(d) Panogen.

13. In what state is West Branch located, where the CDC was called in order to deal with an outbreak?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Ohio.

14. What was analyzed after being taken from each of the patients and others who were at the party?
(a) Blood.
(b) Hair.
(c) Stool.
(d) Urine.

15. _________ babies are at a higher risk of infection and complications than others in the hospital.
(a) Overdue.
(b) Smaller.
(c) Larger.
(d) Premature.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kinds of animals were responsible for spreading the infection through the house party guests?

3. Students who were not in __________ did not become ill like others.

4. What is the chemical that the doctor used in order to relieve Dean's blue hands?

5. What did Betty decide to do in order to get over her symptoms and her medical condition?

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