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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the diagnoses that the woman who entered the Dallas hospital was given?

2. The woman's ________ relationships among objects were almost impossible to judge correctly.

3. What was suspected to be happening to Hoffman, so another doctor told him to go to a specialist?

4. Rabies is a neurotropic ________ disease, involving the cells of the nervous system which are invaded.

5. What is the name of the disease that can be passed onto humans from birds, according to scientists?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the event that Herman had attended which led the doctor to the appropriate diagnosis?

2. What was the strange sensation the 'essentially normal' woman began to experience, leading to discomfort?

3. What were the different diagnoses that the woman who went into the Dallas hospital had when she began her treatment?

4. What happens when it is found out that a person is a carrier of typhoid fever, even if they don't have any symptoms?

5. What did the hospital tests on Elmo reveal to be a source of his condition?

6. What did doctors discover about American bats in the course of their trying to treat the woman who seemed to have rabies?

7. How is the disease of typhoid fever spread, according to those who have studied it in the medical world?

8. Why did the three-year-old Richard Poole die after taking aspirin?

9. What were the two things that were learned by the health department when a misdiagnosis was suspected in the case of the elderly men?

10. What did the local public health official find out about the health of the students who were impacted by the infection?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Finding out what causes an illness can be an exciting job, but one that might be time consuming and challenging too.

Part 1: Why do you think illnesses can be difficult to diagnose?

Part 2: How do you think a person trains to be able to diagnose a mysterious illness?

Part 3: Do you think you would like to become a medical detective?

Essay Topic 2

A plant grafting leads to a medical mystery that turns out to be a problem of Jimson weed ingestion.

Part 1: Why do you think a person who grafts plants doesn't realize what plant they have grafted?

Part 2: How do you think this poisoning could have been prevented?

Part 3: Do you worry about the foods you eat when you sit down at a restaurant or with friends?

Essay Topic 3

David Hoffman was infected with anthrax during his insulation installation job.

Part 1: Do you think that proper safety precautions would have prevented the case of anthrax?

Part 2: Do you think that insulation should be tested before it is installed?

Part 3: How do you think you would respond to hearing that you had anthrax?

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