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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. Since Dean was a _________, doctors believed his lower blood oxygen was caused by that exposure.
(a) Paint chemist.
(b) Med tech.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Roofer.

2. In what city was the dermatology clinic that Sara visited in order to have her dermatitis examined?
(a) Topeka.
(b) Tulsa.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Boston.

3. Natalie participated in what profession before she went through her horrifying ordeal?
(a) Writer.
(b) Math teacher.
(c) Economist.
(d) Principal.

4. What was the universal symptom in the other students who began to get ill?
(a) Blue hands.
(b) Hyperventilation.
(c) Cold feet.
(d) Weak backs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the supposed cause of the blue hands, according to doctors who were treating Dean?

2. What was the original diagnosis for Rudy's inability to smell or to taste anything pleasant?

3. 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?

4. What caused others to see that Sandy was ill during a public performance with others?

5. What was the diagnosis that was given to Dean when he went into the hospital for his blue hands?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Natalie decide to seek out orthodontic treatment for her teeth in 1972?

5. What were the treatments that were begun on the contact dermatitis, though these treatments were not successful?

6. How is infectious hepatitis usually passed from one person to another, according to the book?

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

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

9. What did Natalie find out when she woke up in a hospital and didn't know who she was?

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

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