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

2. What kind of restaurant did Rudy Coniglio own, according to the details in the book?

3. What were Betty Page and her husband planning when she began to have strange medical symptoms?

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

5. What is NOT one of the symptoms Betty experienced when she was first ill and nothing was found to be wrong with her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

People who are diagnosed with typhoid fever are barred from working with food.

Part 1: Do you think it's fair to bar someone from working with food when they are ill?

Part 2: Have you ever worked in a service related position when you were sick? Would you?

Part 3: Why do you think a person might work at their job, even though they are ill and contagious?

Essay Topic 3

Finding out what causes an illness can be an exciting job, but one that might be time consuming and challenging too.

Part 1: Why do you think illnesses can be difficult to diagnose?

Part 2: How do you think a person trains to be able to diagnose a mysterious illness?

Part 3: Do you think you would like to become a medical detective?

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