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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Building the Case, how long does it take the V. cholerae bacteria to die off in distilled water?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 2 days.
(c) A matter of hours.
(d) Few days.

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

3. In All Smell is Disease, how many homes in 1849 were found to have offensive smells from bad drainage?
(a) 7,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 3,000.

4. In All Smell is Disease, how many people died in the cholera outbreak of 1848-1849?
(a) About 11,000.
(b) 9,000.
(c) 7,500.
(d) Nearly 15,000.

5. In Building the Case, how many cholera patients were admitted to Middlesex Hospital?
(a) 125.
(b) More than 120.
(c) 145.
(d) About 130.

6. In 1846 what did Edwin Chadwick tell a parliamentary committee that the problem of London sewage was?
(a) The contamination of water.
(b) The quantity.
(c) The smell.
(d) The bacteria.

7. At the beginning of All Smell is Disease, how many people did Whitehead see recover?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

8. In The Pump Handle, for what age children was getting water from the Broad Street pump a common chore?
(a) Any child older than 9 or 10.
(b) Any child older than 11.
(c) Any child older than 8.
(d) Any child older than 6 or 7.

9. In All Smell Is Disease, when was a study done that discovered that strong smells triggered activity in the amygdala and the ventral insula of the brain?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2001.

10. In Building the Case as Snow survey the Golden Square neighborhood, how many deaths lay outside the boundary line of Snow's map?
(a) 18.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

11. In Building the Case, how far was a tailor on Cross Street from The Little Marlborough Street pump?
(a) 3 blocks.
(b) 2 blocks.
(c) 1 block.
(d) 4 blocks.

12. When did Thomas Lewis become ill?
(a) September 8.
(b) September 5.
(c) September 7.
(d) September 6.

13. In Building the Case, what was the career of St. Luke's scripture reader?
(a) Professor.
(b) Butcher.
(c) Grenadier guard.
(d) Grocer.

14. In The Pump Handle, as Whitehead tracked down residents who left the neighborhood, how many was he able to find?
(a) 497.
(b) 529.
(c) 281.
(d) 386.

15. In The Ghost Map, when the new sewer system was designed, when was sewage discharged into the Thames?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Noon.
(c) Low tide.
(d) High tide.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what ailment did Snow administer chloroform to a patient on September 6?

2. When was Edwin Chadwick appointed to the Poor Law Commission?

3. In The Ghost Map, when did Snow give testimony in Parliament on behalf of the "offensive Trades" (204)?

4. In All Smell Is Disease, what was the lifespan of some of the men who worked in the sewers?

5. In Building the Case, upon what skills did Snow's cholera theory ultimately depend?

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