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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through the Orange Man.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one term that Herman was able to utter when he was ill, helping officials find out the cause of his condition?
(a) Octoberfest.
(b) The fridge.
(c) Shlachtfest.
(d) Harry Heffelbach.

2. What is NOT one of the diagnoses that the woman who entered the Dallas hospital was given?
(a) Typhoid fever.
(b) Encephalitis.
(c) Polio.
(d) Flu.

3. The disease in this chapter is passed on through the ___________ of a person who is carrying the disease.
(a) Sneezes.
(b) Excrement.
(c) Hair.
(d) Tears.

4. What is the source of the infection that was afflicting people in this section of the book?
(a) Bacteria.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Virus.
(d) Injections.

5. What was added to the aspirin compound in order to make it easier on stomachs to handle?
(a) Caffeine.
(b) Buffering compound.
(c) Calcium.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What company changed the name of the compound to aspirin?

2. What happened to three people in Manhattan in 1926, according to the description in this chapter?

3. What is the name of the empty sac that can develop for no apparent reason, which showed up in Turner's test results?

4. How many people besides Herman became ill with the dangerous food poisoning?

5. What kind of scientist was able to discover how to create a synthetic version of aspirin?

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