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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 is NOT one of the symptoms from which Billy was suffering when he first entered the hospital for treatment?
(a) Blue skin.
(b) Diarrhea.
(c) Rapid heartbeat.
(d) Muscle twitches.

2. Some people are _________ to aspirin that can cause problems in some people who take it.
(a) Sensitive.
(b) Avoidant.
(c) Used.
(d) Allergic.

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

4. What is caused by a parasitic worm that lodges in the muscle fibers and can be an infection that is difficult to treat?
(a) Carbon monoxide poisoning.
(b) Trichinosis.
(c) Salmonella.
(d) Botulism.

5. What had bitten the woman who died, though the doctor didn't think this was the cause of her disease?
(a) Dog.
(b) Rat.
(c) Cat.
(d) Bat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the diagnoses that the woman who entered the Dallas hospital was given?

2. What was Vernon going to do after he went on a small trip around the world?

3. What is the name of the cafeteria where the men had decided to go to eat?

4. What was the name of the fruit market that was discovered to be the source of the contamination and disease?

5. What was the diagnosis most people thought was the cause of Billy's symptoms, while the race was on to find the specific cause?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when it is found out that a person is a carrier of typhoid fever, even if they don't have any symptoms?

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

3. What was the strange sensation the 'essentially normal' woman began to experience, leading to discomfort?

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

5. How had Jimson weed gotten into the food that the victims had eaten?

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

7. Who were the people to become ill after eating lunch together, more ill than the ones with whom they dined?

8. What did the hospital tests on Elmo reveal to be a source of his condition?

9. When Donald Hoffman went to his doctor, what was the doctor's diagnosis when he saw the itchy sore?

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

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