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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. Dr. Taylor began to think there was a/an _________ among the babies since everyone was diagnosed with the same disease.
(a) Epidemic.
(b) Influence.
(c) Error.
(d) Murderer.

2. What did the blood tests reveal about Richard's levels of thyroid hormones?
(a) They were normal.
(b) They were nonexistent.
(c) They were low.
(d) They were high.

3. What was the only thing Rudy was able to eat, but only in very small amounts?
(a) Crackers.
(b) Wine.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Dairy products.

4. The course of investigation into the hepatitis outbreak resulted in the establishment of a _________ of infection.
(a) Graph.
(b) Curve.
(c) Calendar.
(d) Slide.

5. At whose house did Carol decide to recover when she was done with her stay at the hospital?
(a) A friend's place.
(b) Husband's house.
(c) Her apartment.
(d) Parents' house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was aired out before Betty's husband came, which is why he didn't have the same symptoms as she did?

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

3. What is NOT one of the treatments that Natalie pursued in order to help her with her depression?

4. In what city was Sandy a popular girl at her school, according to this chapter?

5. Students who were not in __________ did not become ill like others.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Natalie find out when she woke up in a hospital and didn't know who she was?

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

6. What does the chapter say seems to be a primary cause of sensitization of patients to metals?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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