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Multiple choice quiz

1) What does the article say an itch that won't go away is one of?
a) the things we have to accept
b) the things that drive you crazy
c) the most annoying things in life
d) many things we have to live with
2) In which university was the research conducted?
a) Harvard Medical School
b) MIT
c) UCLA
d) New York University
3) What does the skin bacteria interact with?
a) hair follicles
b) nerve cells
c) hair
d) sunburned skin
4) What is the name of the most common disease that causes itching?
a) edema
b) emphysema
c) asthma
d) eczema
5) For whom can itches be debilitating?
a) people with lots of body hair
b) older people
c) people with chronic skin conditions
d) older bald or balding men

6) In what creatures did researchers conduct their research?
a) snails
b) mice
c) goldfish
d) chimpanzees
7) What did the researchers call the enzyme they found?
a) V6
b) V4
c) V12
d) V8
8) What did the enzyme trigger?
a) a sugar
b) a protein
c) a fat
d) a carbohydrate
9) How many people in the world suffer from eczema?
a) fewer than 245 million
b) around 245 million
c) more than 245 million
d) exactly 245 million
10) How much likelier is it that females will have eczema?
a) twice as likely
b) three times as likely
c) 10 times as likely
d) 100 hundred times as likely

Role play

Role  A – An Itchy Nose You think an itchy nose is the most annoying thing. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't as annoying. Also, tell the others which is the least annoying of these (and why): pins and needles, being unable to sleep or sniffing.

Role  B – Pins and Needles You think pins and needles is the most annoying thing. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't as annoying. Also, tell the others which is the least annoying of these (and why): an itchy nose, being unable to sleep or sniffing.

Role  C – Being Unable to Sleep You think being unable to sleep is the most annoying thing. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't as annoying. Also, tell the others which is the least annoying of these (and why): pins and needles, an itchy nose or sniffing.

Role  D – Sniffing You think sniffing is the most annoying thing. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't as annoying. Also, tell the others which is the least annoying of these (and why): pins and needles, being unable to sleep or an itchy nose.