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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 the chemical that the doctor used in order to relieve Dean's blue hands?
(a) Aspirin.
(b) NSAIDs.
(c) Antibiotics.
(d) Acetone.

2. What did Betty decide to do in order to get over her symptoms and her medical condition?
(a) Take a leave from her job.
(b) Get more exercise.
(c) Take vitamins.
(d) Nothing.

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

4. What is NOT one of the treatments that Natalie pursued in order to help her with her depression?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Rest.
(c) Leave from her job.
(d) Medication.

5. The one who was spreading the hepatitis, it seemed, was on a team of workers who were tasked with making ____________.
(a) Pastries.
(b) Breads.
(c) Sausages.
(d) Butter.

Short Answer Questions

1. The doctor began to link the problems with smell and taste to troubles with the ________ and zinc levels in the body.

2. What was the suspected cause of the infant's symptoms in July 1965?

3. What did Betty see that made her realize what her medical condition probably was?

4. _________ babies are at a higher risk of infection and complications than others in the hospital.

5. What was the game that Dean Berger loved to play, so he entered a competition in order to play it and to win?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why wasn't Betty's husband experiencing any of the symptoms that she was?

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

8. What was determined to be the cause of the illness that was later found to be tularemia?

9. What was the strange phenomenon that the pizza restaurant owner began to experience?

10. What were the initial symptoms that Betty Page experienced, leading her to seek out medical treatment?

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