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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7: Chapter 22 - Part 8: Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 12, pneumonia maintained its position as the leading cause of death in the United States until what year?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1919.

2. What did Oswald Avery add to his petri dish cultures to block pneumoccocal growth?
(a) Sodium baclorate.
(b) Amino acids.
(c) Sodium oleate.
(d) Sodium chloride.

3. How many local chapters were there in the American Red Cross when World War I ended?
(a) 3,864.
(b) 3,677.
(c) 1,745.
(d) 2,534.

4. Who was the U.S. Attorney General when the U.S. entered WWI?
(a) Thomas Gregory.
(b) William Jennings Bryan.
(c) Albert Sidney Burleson.
(d) Peyton Rous.

5. When did Provost Marshal Enoch Crowder issue his "work or fight" order?
(a) March 1, 1919.
(b) April 2, 1918.
(c) March 23, 1917.
(d) May 23, 1918.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the mayor of New Orleans when the U.S. entered WWI?

2. How many people died in Philadelphia on October 1, 1918?

3. Who was the Postmaster General at the time the U.S. entered WWI?

4. What did the death toll ultimately reach in New York City alone from the Spanish flu pandemic?

5. What book did Katherine Anne Porter publish that included some of her experiences with the Spanish flu?

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