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

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

3. Since Dean was a _________, doctors believed his lower blood oxygen was caused by that exposure.
(a) Engineer.
(b) Paint chemist.
(c) Roofer.
(d) Med tech.

4. What was the diagnosis that was given to Dean when he went into the hospital for his blue hands?
(a) Cyanosis.
(b) Heart condition.
(c) Cancer.
(d) High blood pressure.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Two prominent doctors from the University of _________ School of Medicine were unable to determine what was wrong with Richard.

3. Dean put his hands into his armpits to make his hands warmer when he was the ________ for a hand.

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

5. Natalie participated in what profession before she went through her horrifying ordeal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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