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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Ghost Map.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Pump Handle, how long did the deaths in Soho continue after the pump handle was removed?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 days.
(c) About 4 days.
(d) Another week.

2. In The Ghost Map, in what publication did an unsigned editorial appear that lambasted Snow's waterborne theory of cholera?
(a) The Daily Telegraph.
(b) The Times.
(c) Daily Mail.
(d) The Lancet.

3. In The Ghost Map during the cholera outbreak in 1866, how many people had died by the end of August?
(a) 1,100.
(b) 2,500.
(c) More than 4,000.
(d) About 3,000.

4. In The Pump Handle, among the 45 houses extending in all directions from the intersection of Broad and Cambridge streets, how many managed to survive the epidemic without losing a single resident?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. In Building the Case, within how many days did a tailor on Cross Street and his children die?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Ghost Map, when was the new sewer system mostly operational?

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how man dogs did a man at 38 Silver Street keep in one room?

3. How old was Snow when he died?

4. In Building the Case, how many quarts of Broad Street water did a boy tell Whitehead he had drunk from the Broad Street pump?

5. In The Investigator in 1848 on what steamer did John Harnold work as a crewman?

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