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

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

3. Who developed a vaccine for the rabies virus in the 1880s?
(a) Curie.
(b) Pasteur.
(c) Mendelhass.
(d) Strick.

4. One of the things that the woman thought was happening to her was that she was ___________.
(a) Going crazy.
(b) Dying.
(c) Hiding from life.
(d) Having a breakdown.

5. What is NOT one of the treatments that Vernon received when he was traveling around the world?
(a) Anti-diarrheal medication.
(b) Vitamins.
(c) Antibiotics.
(d) Chemotherapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rabies is a neurotropic ________ disease, involving the cells of the nervous system which are invaded.

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

3. How old was Richard Poole when he took an entire bottle of aspirin and died?

4. On what floor did the elderly woman who was a carrier live, according to the findings of researchers?

5. What were investigators testing to find when they sent the blood samples of the men away?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the final cause for the trichinosis determined to be? What was the source of the infection?

3. Why didn't some of the children become ill in the same way that Billy did when he wore the jeans?

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

5. What were the symptoms the school children in Mountain Home were experiencing?

6. What were the severe symptoms that the woman had when she was admitted to the hospital before she died?

7. What was the event that Herman had attended which led the doctor to the appropriate diagnosis?

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

9. What are some of the painful side effects of aspirin in some people who take it?

10. Why was the attending doctor who saw Herman not alarmed by his condition when he arrived at the hospital?

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