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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Darnell McGee admitted sexual relations with how many people after he knew he carried HIV?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 398.
(c) 103.
(d) 252.

2. Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death in what neighborhood of Queens, New York?
(a) Rockaway Beach.
(b) Kew Gardens.
(c) Astoria.
(d) Greenpoint.

3. What two executives from Hush Puppies Shoes met a New York photographer who told them about the shoes’ resurgence, according to the author in the introduction?
(a) Michael Anderson and Jesse Skawinski.
(b) Owen Baxter and Geoffrey Lewis.
(c) James Owen and William Ross.
(d) John Bartlett and Isaac Mizrahi.

4. The author states in Chapter 1 that what year span saw the number of children in Baltimore born with syphilis spike considerably?
(a) 1989-1990.
(b) 1998-1999.
(c) 1992-1993.
(d) 1995-1996.

5. In what year was Kitty Genovese stabbed to death?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1979.

Short Answer Questions

1. What designer put a twenty-five foot Bassett hound on the roof of his Hollywood store, according to the author in the Introduction?

2. What fashion designer was heard to be wearing Hush Puppies Shoes when they experienced a resurgence, according to the author in the Introduction?

3. What is the name of the company that produces Hush Puppies Shoes?

4. According to the author’s sources, how many patients visited Baltimore’s sexually transmitted disease clinics in the year from 1990-1991?

5. Where was Gaeton Dugas from?

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