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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. Natalie participated in what profession before she went through her horrifying ordeal?
(a) Principal.
(b) Writer.
(c) Economist.
(d) Math teacher.

2. The children were determined to have _________ poisoning from the ingestion of the animal products.
(a) Saltpeter.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Iron.
(d) Copper.

3. What was the suspected cause of the infant's symptoms in July 1965?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Septicemia.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Botulism.

4. What were Betty Page and her husband planning when she began to have strange medical symptoms?
(a) A cruise vacation.
(b) Their anniversary.
(c) Daughter's wedding.
(d) A world trip.

5. What was the original diagnosis for Rudy's inability to smell or to taste anything pleasant?
(a) A cold or flu.
(b) Sepsis.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the universal symptom in the other students who began to get ill?

2. ________ disease is an inherited condition that changes the way the body metabolizes _________, which causes the mental symptoms.

3. One female patient got reactive to metals after having __________ implanted during a surgery.

4. What kinds of animals were responsible for spreading the infection through the house party guests?

5. Carol Terry began to show signs of shakiness and _________ at the start, but these symptoms began to grow worse.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the book point out is the treatment for Wilson's disease, helping the patient recover nearly immediately?

2. What is the problem for patients who are suffering from Wilson's disease, according to the book?

3. How did the doctor end up treating this case of the blue hands, allowing the patient's hands to be normal color again?

4. What was the problem the investigators found during their hunt for answers about the infected babies?

5. What happened to Sandy that began to cause the officials at the school to suspect something was wrong at the building?

6. Septicemia a general term for what, according to the explanations in this book?

7. What was the problem with the season being winter when it came to finding out the diagnosis for the sick children?

8. What did Dean decide to do when he was experiencing cold hands during a card game?

9. What were the treatments that were begun on the contact dermatitis, though these treatments were not successful?

10. What did the school officials begin to believe was the cause of the illnesses that were coming up in the student population?

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