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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the chemical that the doctor used in order to relieve Dean's blue hands?
(a) Aspirin.
(b) NSAIDs.
(c) Acetone.
(d) Antibiotics.

2. What did Betty see that made her realize what her medical condition probably was?
(a) A strange color in the water.
(b) A book.
(c) An invoice.
(d) A dead bug.

3. For how many infections is septicemia the blanket term, making it difficult to choose the right course of treatment?
(a) 13.
(b) 50.
(c) 100.
(d) 25.

4. What is NOT one of the samples taken from the infant in order to find out what was wrong in order to choose the right treatment?
(a) Stool.
(b) Hair.
(c) Mucus.
(d) Blood.

5. Where was Natalie employed before she could not work anymore as a result of her condition?
(a) Home.
(b) St. Sebastian's.
(c) Recovery Academy.
(d) Department of Commerce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the food product that seemed to be causing the thyroid troubles in Richard and in others?

2. What is another name for collective obsessional behavior, according to the book?

3. The children were determined to have _________ poisoning from the ingestion of the animal products.

4. Since Dean was a _________, doctors believed his lower blood oxygen was caused by that exposure.

5. Dr. Robert Henkin, who worked for the ___________, was finally given Rudy's case, since everyone else was stumped.

Short Essay Questions

1. Which individuals are more likely to have hypogeusia, according to the specialist in this section?

2. What was the problem with the season being winter when it came to finding out the diagnosis for the sick children?

3. How did the doctor end up treating this case of the blue hands, allowing the patient's hands to be normal color again?

4. Septicemia a general term for what, according to the explanations in this book?

5. What was the initial named cause for the random cases of pneumonia that turned up for guests at a house party at Martha's Vineyard?

6. What did the school officials begin to believe was the cause of the illnesses that were coming up in the student population?

7. What did investigators find to be unusual about the feed in the storage bin?

8. What was determined to be the cause of the illness that was later found to be tularemia?

9. Why didn't the man who hand kneaded the dough cause any infection to spread when the bread was baked?

10. What did Dean decide to do when he was experiencing cold hands during a card game?

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