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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 happens to people who get a mild form of the disease in this chapter?
(a) They become carriers.
(b) They have to be quarantined.
(c) They are taken away.
(d) They die.

2. What kind of substance does aspirin inhibit that causes things like aches, pains, and fever?
(a) Hormone.
(b) Sensitivity.
(c) Clot.
(d) Infection.

3. What kind of scientist was able to discover how to create a synthetic version of aspirin?
(a) English.
(b) Austrian.
(c) German.
(d) French.

4. The woman's ________ relationships among objects were almost impossible to judge correctly.
(a) Linear.
(b) Spatial.
(c) Aural.
(d) Taste.

5. Aspirin _________ is not uncommon in children, especially those who are under the age of five.
(a) Reactions.
(b) Poisoning.
(c) Tolerance.
(d) Sensitivity.

Short Answer Questions

1. The diagnosis for Hoffman was a __________ intrusion with concurrent infection, according to doctors.

2. What allowed Vernon Berry to go on the trip that ended up causing him to contract a disease?

3. What store refused the box of damaged clothing, though it was still sold at a salvage store?

4. In what city was the hospital where Herman went to seek treatment for his uncomfortable symptoms?

5. How many people besides Herman became ill with the dangerous food poisoning?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the disease of typhoid fever spread, according to those who have studied it in the medical world?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Billy receive as treatment when he was first admitted and then discharged to home?

9. What was the eventual diagnosis for the condition from which the woman suffered, even though it was never clear whether or not the diagnosis was correct?

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

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