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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 did the family raise, which made the investigators begin to think these might have had something to do with the cause?
(a) Horses.
(b) Hogs.
(c) Bees.
(d) Cows.

2. What organ becomes inflamed when a person is infected with hepatitis, according to the book?
(a) Stomach.
(b) Liver.
(c) Gall bladder.
(d) Heart.

3. What was the food product that seemed to be causing the thyroid troubles in Richard and in others?
(a) Beef.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Produce.
(d) Eggs.

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

5. What did Natalie find out was given to her in order to help her depression, though this left her unaware of where she was?
(a) Electro-shock treatments.
(b) Medication.
(c) Hallucinogens.
(d) An injection of morphine.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. One female patient got reactive to metals after having __________ implanted during a surgery.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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