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

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

3. How old was Richard Poole when he took an entire bottle of aspirin and died?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

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

5. What had the children in the neighborhood decided to try to stuff down he plumbing vent pipe?
(a) Paper towels.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Books.
(d) Shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of birds did several of the classrooms in the school have that might have caused the disease?

2. Aspirin _________ is not uncommon in children, especially those who are under the age of five.

3. What company changed the name of the compound to aspirin?

4. Aspirin's main functions are to reduce pain and __________ in the body.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why were the men who were eating the oatmeal more likely to have more salt on their oatmeal than others who were in the diner?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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