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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which season did Spencer and his brother move after their father died?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

2. How old was Meredith Anne Heath?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

3. What do cicadas transform into when they emerge from the ground?
(a) Pupae.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Winged insects.
(d) Cocoons.

4. What is the date on the only known image of Alphonse?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1873.
(d) 1874.

5. What was Spencer’s reputation in Chapter 3?
(a) A brilliant researcher.
(b) One of America’s brightest young scientists.
(c) Gifted surgeon.
(d) One of America’s brightest diagnosticians.

6. What killed Dr. Gregory Black?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Tuberculosis.

7. How long can the English Yew live?
(a) 250 years.
(b) 2,000 years.
(c) 4,000 years.
(d) 175 years.

8. What ideas of Spencer’s began to separate him from the rest of the scientific community?
(a) Surgical practices.
(b) Methods for medical education.
(c) Nature of science.
(d) Evolution.

9. When did Spencer announce that he wanted to become a medical doctor?
(a) After finishing high school.
(b) Shortly after his father’s death.
(c) When he was 21.
(d) When he was 19.

10. How long was the courtship between Spencer and Elise?
(a) 18 months.
(b) A year.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 years.

11. Where were Meredith and her family from?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Nebraska.

12. When did Spencer achieve fame and notoriety for his work?
(a) 1884.
(b) 1912.
(c) Early twentieth century.
(d) Late nineteenth century.

13. What condition was treated in the first operation in Chapter 3?
(a) Pendred syndrome.
(b) Cleft palate.
(c) Ectrodactyly.
(d) Achondroplasia.

14. In Chapter 3, how many right fingers did a patient have?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

15. In Chapter 3, what controversial paper did Spencer publish?
(a) The Perfect Human.
(b) Humans and Evolution.
(c) Mutations or Myth.
(d) Humans and Mutations.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what month were Spencer and Elise married?

2. When did Spencer and Elise have their first child?

3. In a journal at the beginning of Chapter 2, what did Spencer say was a miracle?

4. Who was one of Spencer’s most influential professors?

5. What was the last year that Spencer worked at Ward C?

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