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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

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 was the name of the fungicide that cause the troubles in the feed that was given to the animals?

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

4. The one who was spreading the hepatitis, it seemed, was on a team of workers who were tasked with making ____________.

5. What was the only thing Rudy was able to eat, but only in very small amounts?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What was the problem with the season being winter when it came to finding out the diagnosis for the sick children?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When the men in the first case are stricken with a strange illness and turn blue, the fact they are poor might not have lead others to investigate too thoroughly.

Part 1: Do you think some people get better medical care than others?

Part 2: How would you react if you found out that a person got better medical care because they were rich?

Part 3: Why do you think certain people get better medical care than others?

Essay Topic 2

Vernon Berry was the victim of several worms as a result of swimming in the Nile River.

Part 1: Do you think that tourists should be warned about the possibility of worms?

Part 2: How do you think you might have responded to the diagnosis of worms in your body?

Part 3: Why do you think a person might decide to swim in a foreign body of water which might be contaminated?

Essay Topic 3

At times, the source of an illness might be a mystery, and one possible source can be ruled out, as in the case of the Liberace Room.

Part 1: Why do you think there could be different sources for an illness?

Part 2: How do you think the medical detectives could have found the true cause of the classroom illnesses sooner?

Part 3: Do you think that any disease has only one cause for its symptoms? Or are all diseases the result of many factors?

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