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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 was the only thing Rudy was able to eat, but only in very small amounts?

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

3. How is babesiosis generally spread, according to the book and to scientists?

4. Who did Natalie seek out in order to help her with the alignment of her teeth because of a gum condition?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the problem the investigators found during their hunt for answers about the infected babies?

4. Why wasn't Betty's husband experiencing any of the symptoms that she was?

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

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

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 was the meat the cause of the thyroid issues in Richard and in others?

10. What was odd about Richard's case of hyperthyroidism, which baffled doctors?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A medical mystery might be nothing more than a habit that a patient has turning into something slightly mysterious.

Part 1: How do you think a patient might be able to help a doctor in solving a medical mystery?

Part 2: Why do you think a medical mystery is something to be concerned about?

Part 3: Do you think that all patients are honest with their doctors? Does this lead to more medical mysteries?

Essay Topic 2

Vernon Berry was the victim of several worms as a result of swimming in the Nile River.

Part 1: Do you think that tourists should be warned about the possibility of worms?

Part 2: How do you think you might have responded to the diagnosis of worms in your body?

Part 3: Why do you think a person might decide to swim in a foreign body of water which might be contaminated?

Essay Topic 3

At times, the source of an illness might be a mystery, and one possible source can be ruled out, as in the case of the Liberace Room.

Part 1: Why do you think there could be different sources for an illness?

Part 2: How do you think the medical detectives could have found the true cause of the classroom illnesses sooner?

Part 3: Do you think that any disease has only one cause for its symptoms? Or are all diseases the result of many factors?

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