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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the supposed cause of the blue hands, according to doctors who were treating Dean?
(a) Infection.
(b) Ergotism.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Heart clot.

2. The _______ from the infected animals came from the wet fur of the dogs when they came inside to shake themselves off.
(a) Hairs.
(b) Saliva.
(c) Teeth.
(d) Skin.

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

4. Dr. Taylor began to think there was a/an _________ among the babies since everyone was diagnosed with the same disease.
(a) Murderer.
(b) Influence.
(c) Error.
(d) Epidemic.

5. What did the blood tests reveal about Richard's levels of thyroid hormones?
(a) They were high.
(b) They were low.
(c) They were normal.
(d) They were nonexistent.

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) Soccer.
(b) Bridge.
(c) Euchre.
(d) Poker.

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

8. The children were determined to have _________ poisoning from the ingestion of the animal products.
(a) Saltpeter.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Iron.
(d) Copper.

9. What was the name of the place from which all of the victims had bought their food?
(a) Ruth's Farm Store.
(b) Cleaver Farm Store.
(c) Poppy's Farm Store.
(d) L&M Clover Farm Store.

10. ________ 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.

11. What was aired out before Betty's husband came, which is why he didn't have the same symptoms as she did?
(a) Water.
(b) Paint fumes.
(c) Insecticide.
(d) Spoiled milk.

12. Natalie participated in what profession before she went through her horrifying ordeal?
(a) Economist.
(b) Writer.
(c) Math teacher.
(d) Principal.

13. Two prominent doctors from the University of _________ School of Medicine were unable to determine what was wrong with Richard.
(a) Michigan.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) North Dakota.
(d) South Dakota.

14. When did Betty's husband come up to the cottage in order to spend the weekend with her?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

15. How many children in a family of nine became ill when the CDC was called in to help?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was the dermatology clinic that Sara visited in order to have her dermatitis examined?

2. What did Sara have inserted into her body in April of the same year, which is the same time the problems began?

3. At whose house did Carol decide to recover when she was done with her stay at the hospital?

4. What was the food product that seemed to be causing the thyroid troubles in Richard and in others?

5. What is another name for collective obsessional behavior, according to the book?

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