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Food Allergy Quiz: Answers and Explanations

Below are answers to the quiz. If you entered in your email address, you will receive an email with your score and explanations to any questions you answered incorrectly.

Click on any question below to see explanations and to see how others did in answering the question.

All Respondents QUESTION CORRECT ANSWER
Question 1: You will experience anaphylaxis (a severe allergic reaction) if the food that you are allergic to touches your skin. FALSE
Question 2: Using hand sanitizing gels (like Purell) is a good way to clean your hands of food allergens. FALSE
Question 3: The smell of peanut butter will cause an allergic reaction in people with peanut allergies. FALSE
Question 4: You can have an allergic reaction if you share your friend’s water bottle. TRUE
Question 5: If someone eats a food you are allergic to and then kisses you on the cheek, you will have a serious (i.e. anaphylactic) reaction. FALSE
Question 6: Washing a table with a Clorox wipe can be enough to clean a food allergen from the table. TRUE
Question 7: If you have ordered food at a restaurant and didn’t have a reaction in the past then you will be safe if you order the same food again. FALSE
Question 8: Benadryl should be given first for a serious allergic reaction. FALSE
Question 9: The needle in the EpiPen or Auvi-Q is long. FALSE
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