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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Outside of what city was Camp Grant located, according to the author in Chapter 18?
(a) West Memphis, Tennessee.
(b) Rockford, Illinois.
(c) Dallas, Texas.
(d) Mena, Arkansas.

2. What symptom of the 1918 flu refers to a bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood?
(a) Ambiosis.
(b) Passive immunity.
(c) Cyanosis.
(d) Regeneration.

3. Due to the 1918-1919 flu pandemic, one in every how many solders in the army died of influenza and its complications, according to the author in Chapter 20?
(a) 34.
(b) 67.
(c) 49.
(d) 82.

4. What book did Katherine Anne Porter publish that included some of her experiences with the Spanish flu?
(a) Pale Horse, Pale Rider.
(b) The Plague of 1918.
(c) The Discovery.
(d) One Walk in the Night.

5. Where did William Welch go for part of his recuperation in Atlantic City?
(a) Hotel Devonshire.
(b) The Four Corners.
(c) Hotel Monmarte.
(d) Hotel Dennis.

6. What did the death toll ultimately reach in New York City alone from the Spanish flu pandemic?
(a) 33,000.
(b) 28,000.
(c) 26,000.
(d) 45,000.

7. For whom did Katherine Anne Porter work as a news reporter when the 1918 flu pandemic broke out?
(a) The Rocky Mountain News.
(b) The San Jose Chronicle.
(c) The Chicago Tribune.
(d) The San Francisco Chronicle.

8. How old was Emma Snyder when she died?
(a) 19.
(b) 46.
(c) 52.
(d) 23.

9. Near what town was Camp Custer located in the fall of 1918?
(a) Augusta, Georgia.
(b) Roarke, New York.
(c) Battle Creek, Michigan.
(d) Malvern, Pennsylvania.

10. Martha Wollstein was a respected bacteriologist associated with what institution in 1918?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) The University of Pennsylvania.
(d) The Rockefeller Institute.

11. How many civilians were admitted to Philadelphia hospitals on September 27, 1918 suffering from influenza?
(a) 89.
(b) 53.
(c) 123.
(d) 652.

12. What sentence was socialist Eugene Debs given for opposing the war then the U.S. entered it?
(a) 10 years in prison.
(b) 20 years in prison.
(c) 15 years in prison.
(d) 5 years in prison.

13. What is the title of Part 7 of the book?
(a) "The Pestilence."
(b) "The Warriors."
(c) "The Race."
(d) "Explosion."

14. Who was the chief medical officer at Camp Grant in June of 1918?
(a) Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Blue.
(b) Lieutenant Colonel Albert Sidney Burleson.
(c) Lieutenant Colonel H. C. Michie.
(d) Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Henle.

15. Who is the great French physiologist who is quoted in Chapter 22 as saying "Science teaches us to doubt" (274)?
(a) Elias Canetti.
(b) Claude Bernard.
(c) Thomas Huxley.
(d) Louis Howe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Preston Kyes working in June of 1918?

2. Who was the Philadelphia public health director when the outbreak of 1918 flu began in the city?

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

4. When did Park create the Laboratory for Special Therapy and Investigation in rival to the Rockefeller Institute?

5. Who was Franklin Roosevelt's closest advisor that kept in hourly touch with his doctors when Roosevelt contracted the 1918 flu?

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