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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 12 - 14).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which organization helped to fund the development of the polio vaccine?
(a) The Clean Air Fund.
(b) The Children's Hospital Fund.
(c) The St. Joseph's Fund.
(d) The March of Dimes.

2. Who was the director of the NIH, as mentioned by Osterholm in Chapter 10?
(a) Dr. Lucille Barnes.
(b) Dr. Francis Collins.
(c) Dr. Marsha Hemsworth.
(d) Dr. Jennifer Jones.

3. Which professional was responsible for naming the HIV/AIDS virus in the early 1980s?
(a) Dr. Bill Foege.
(b) Dr. Jennifer Riles.
(c) Dr. James Curran.
(d) Dr. Michael Osterholm.

4. By the end of July in 2015, what was the Korean MERS death toll?
(a) 200 of 387 confirmed cases.
(b) 50 of 2000 confirmed cases.
(c) 36 of 186 confirmed cases.
(d) 45 of 98 confirmed cases.

5. Who created the polio vaccine?
(a) Dr. Michael Riker.
(b) Dr. James Curran.
(c) Dr. Jonas Salk.
(d) Dr. Edward Murrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What chemical that used to be commonly used to kill mosquitoes became a public health and environmental concern as the years went on?

2. What turned out to be causing the diarrheal illness in Minnesota that Osterholm investigated in 1984?

3. What was the American infant mortality rate at the turn of the twentieth century?

4. What was the 1918 flu epidemic commonly known as?

5. Which illness did Osterholm initially fear his son might have contracted in Chapter 14?

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