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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the symptom that occurred around Vernon's eyes that caused him to look strange?
(a) Puffiness.
(b) Rashes.
(c) Bruising.
(d) Sunken appearance.

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

3. What is the most common animal to be afflicted with the rabies virus, according to researchers?
(a) Cat.
(b) Dog.
(c) Snake.
(d) Bat.

4. What did all of the men abuse, which caused them to season their meals more than others at the table?
(a) Meat.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Alcohol.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dr. Conrad want tested when Billy reappeared in the hospital for the same symptoms? The family car and Billy's __________.

2. What did the woman decide that she would continue to do, even though she was ill and didn't have a diagnosis?

3. Rabid _______ are a strong concern as there is no method of immunization for them.

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

5. What did the investigators find out about the conditions at the restaurant where the men had eaten?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did doctors discover about American bats in the course of their trying to treat the woman who seemed to have rabies?

2. What happened to the eleven elderly men in Manhattan which caused medical teams to become concerned about their condition?

3. How is the disease of typhoid fever spread, according to those who have studied it in the medical world?

4. What were the symptoms that Herman Sauer was experiencing that led him to go to a New York hospital?

5. What was the eventual diagnosis for the condition from which the woman suffered, even though it was never clear whether or not the diagnosis was correct?

6. What happened when the eleven men were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning when they were first seen by medical professionals?

7. How does a person contract anthrax if they come across it in the world?

8. Why did the three-year-old Richard Poole die after taking aspirin?

9. What were the different diagnoses that the woman who went into the Dallas hospital had when she began her treatment?

10. What were the two things that were learned by the health department when a misdiagnosis was suspected in the case of the elderly men?

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