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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Monday, September 4: That Is to Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By September 4, how many workers at the Eley Brothers factory had gotten cholera?
(a) 35.
(b) 18.
(c) More than 2 dozen.
(d) About 20.

2. In The Night-Soil Men, what did the pure-finders collect?
(a) Dog feces.
(b) Horse feces.
(c) Rat feces.
(d) Human feces.

3. When Snow studied at Hunterian School of Medicine, how long did it take him to obtain his apothecary and surgeon's license?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 1/2 years.
(c) 2 1/2 years.
(d) 3 years.

4. In The Night-Soil Men, how many corpses were packed into a burial ground in Islington?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 55,000.
(d) 15,000.

5. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, how long after the Lewis baby fell ill did life in Golden Square continue as usual?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue, with whom did Henry Whitehead share a room?

2. At the beginning of The Night-Soil Men, what river would the toshers wade through the muck of low tide?

3. When did Thomas Latta come up with a water cure for cholera?

4. In The Night-Soil Men, how far would a bone-picker travel?

5. By Sunday morning, how many people were on the edge of death?

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