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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 the children in this chapter were experiencing?
(a) Nausea.
(b) High fever.
(c) Headache.
(d) Cough.

2. Rabies is a neurotropic ________ disease, involving the cells of the nervous system which are invaded.
(a) Mental.
(b) Viral.
(c) Bacterial.
(d) Atypical.

3. Where is Vernon's home, according to the story, the place where he finally received the correct treatment?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Philadephia.

4. Those who are known to be carriers are legally barred from having a role in the ____________ industry.
(a) Performance.
(b) Food service.
(c) Marketing.
(d) Stock market.

5. What company changed the name of the compound to aspirin?
(a) Tylenol.
(b) Bayer.
(c) Bufferin.
(d) Advil.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the method to produce a synthetic version of aspirin's main ingredient discovered?

2. What was the initial diagnosis for the strange symptoms the people in this chapter were exhibiting?

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

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

5. What was recently held at a German-American hall, according to the findings of the researchers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the cause of death for a person who has contracted rabies and is not able to get treatment in time?

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

3. What did a German scientist discover about aspirin in 1874, according to the book?

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

5. Describe the one carrier mentioned in the chapter, as this person was known by the Health Department.

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

7. What ended up causing the contamination of the fruit at Tony's Market, leading to the illnesses?

8. What did the local public health official find out about the health of the students who were impacted by the infection?

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

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

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