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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, when was the handle of the Broad Street pump removed?
(a) Thursday night.
(b) Thursday afternoon.
(c) Friday afternoon.
(d) Friday morning.

2. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how many sheep would the main livestock market at Smithfield regularly sell in two days?
(a) 500.
(b) 23,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 30,000.

3. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, with whom did Susannah Eley share a bottle of water from the Broad Street pump?
(a) Daughter.
(b) Neighbor.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Niece.

4. About how many people were part of the London scavengers in The Night-Soil Men?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 20,000.

5. In The Ghost Map when a new sewer system was designed, how many main lines were to run north of the Thames?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1850, how many gallons of water a day were used by the average London household?

2. In The Ghost Map, who was sometimes credited instead of Snow for the discovery of the waterborne theory of the dispersion of cholera?

3. How long did Queen Victoria inhale chloroform when she had her eighth child?

4. In Building the Case, when did survivors who reported consuming large quantities of water from the Broad Street pump do their drinking?

5. At number 10 Cross Street, who lived with a tailor in his single room in Building the Case?

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