Poisoner's Handbook- Chapter 1

What was the purpose of chloroform in the chapter?

• To kill residents in an elderly home

• To kill patients at an insane asylum

• To prove someone was insane

• To kill people at a normal hospital

What was the main reason people were being killed with chloroform?

• To get revenge

• To receive an inheritance

• To speed up their natural deaths

• To experiment

Who used chloroform to kill?

• Albert Patrick

• Frederic Mors

• Patrick Riordan

• Typhoid Mary

Patrick Riordan was annoyed and said...

• "It's a shame that such no names should pull me out on a night like this"

• "How come I have to be here?"

• "It's a shame that these nobodies have to pull me out tonight"

• "It's a shame that two such names should pull us out on a night like this"

What location does this quote describe? "... gleaming over brick and stone adding slippery polish to the wrought-iron gates and curved staircases, a cold winter sheen to the sedately styled Victorian buildings. "

• Old Fellows Home

• Bellevue Hospital

• Tammany Hall

• The Bronx

Who was Typhoid Mary?

• A lady named Typhoid Mary

• A doctor who learned what typhoid was

• A cook that spread typhoid

• A nortoises robber

What was the main example given in the text of a coroner being corrupt?

• A coroner refusing to do his work

• A coroner killing people with chloroform

• A coroner purposely spreading typhoid

• A coroner showing up drunk to a job

How did Mors get away from the asylum near the end of the chapter?

• By killing a security guard with chloroform

• By just walking away

• By digging a tunnel

• He didn't

Fredric Mors picked his own name. What does he say it means in Latin?

• Death

• Joy

• Despair

• Murder

What is the setting of the story?

• New York City in the 1700s

• New York City in the 1900s

• Boston in the 1900s

• Boston in the 1700s