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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 Betty experienced when she was first ill and nothing was found to be wrong with her?
(a) Nausea.
(b) Dizziness.
(c) Metallic taste in her mouth.
(d) Cramps.

2. What was aired out before Betty's husband came, which is why he didn't have the same symptoms as she did?
(a) Spoiled milk.
(b) Water.
(c) Paint fumes.
(d) Insecticide.

3. What was the universal symptom in the other students who began to get ill?
(a) Blue hands.
(b) Cold feet.
(c) Hyperventilation.
(d) Weak backs.

4. What was analyzed after being taken from each of the patients and others who were at the party?
(a) Hair.
(b) Urine.
(c) Stool.
(d) Blood.

5. Students who were not in __________ did not become ill like others.
(a) The gym class.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The choral rehearsal.
(d) The cafeteria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the food that was determined to be the cause of the troubles?

2. _________ is a bacterial infection that is typically found in rodents and transferred to humans through direct contact.

3. What were Betty Page and her husband planning when she began to have strange medical symptoms?

4. What condition did many people at the garden party at Martha's Vineyard seem to contract?

5. Where was Natalie employed before she could not work anymore as a result of her condition?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the initial named cause for the random cases of pneumonia that turned up for guests at a house party at Martha's Vineyard?

2. What was odd about Richard's case of hyperthyroidism, which baffled doctors?

3. Why didn't the man who hand kneaded the dough cause any infection to spread when the bread was baked?

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

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

6. How is infectious hepatitis usually passed from one person to another, according to the book?

7. Which individuals are more likely to have hypogeusia, according to the specialist in this section?

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

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

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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