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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 caused Elmo to go to the doctor for which the doctor sought treatment?
(a) Stomach pain.
(b) Puffy arms.
(c) Green fingernails.
(d) Frequent urination.

2. What kind of poisoning was first diagnosed when the men were brought in for medical attention?
(a) Chemical.
(b) Pesticide.
(c) Food.
(d) Carbon monoxide.

3. What is NOT an animal that can spread rabies can be spread according to the text in this chapter?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Skunks.
(d) Fox.

4. What is NOT one of the diagnoses that the woman who entered the Dallas hospital was given?
(a) Flu.
(b) Polio.
(c) Encephalitis.
(d) Typhoid fever.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area did the men live when they were stricken by their mysterious disease?

2. What was suspected to be happening to Hoffman, so another doctor told him to go to a specialist?

3. What was found on the lungs of all of the children who complained of feeling sick?

4. Where did Dr. Wooten find the mass when he was palpating Turner's body during his physical examination?

5. Where had Elmo Turner and his wife gone before he decided to go to his hometown physician?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What are some of the ways that aspirin can help a patient who takes it, according to scientific research?

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

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

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

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

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