View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to other students after Sandy was taken to the hospital?
(a) Other students left.
(b) Other students looked for clues.
(c) Other students thought she was faking it.
(d) Other students began to get ill.

2. What was the name of the place from which all of the victims had bought their food?
(a) L&M Clover Farm Store.
(b) Cleaver Farm Store.
(c) Poppy's Farm Store.
(d) Ruth's Farm Store.

3. The _______ from the infected animals came from the wet fur of the dogs when they came inside to shake themselves off.
(a) Skin.
(b) Teeth.
(c) Saliva.
(d) Hairs.

4. What is not one of the causes of hepatitis, according to research and medical findings?
(a) Sneezing on a person.
(b) Direct contact with a patient.
(c) Contaminated water.
(d) Contaminated food.

5. Doctors believe the initial exposure to copper for Sara might have been in __________ she wore.
(a) A sock.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the supposed cause of the blue hands, according to doctors who were treating Dean?

2. What did Betty decide to do in order to get over her symptoms and her medical condition?

3. Mr. Huckleby began to feed his animals a mixture of _________ and discarded seed grain from a local supplier.

4. How is babesiosis generally spread, according to the book and to scientists?

5. Since Dean was a _________, doctors believed his lower blood oxygen was caused by that exposure.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the meat the cause of the thyroid issues in Richard and in others?

2. What did investigators find to be unusual about the feed in the storage bin?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did Natalie decide to seek out orthodontic treatment for her teeth in 1972?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 612 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample