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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 public health organization or government agency is in charge of mosquito control today, according to Osterholm?
(a) Not one.
(b) Health and Human Services.
(c) The Department of Homeland Security.
(d) The Department of Agriculture.

2. Where does Dr. Sean Wasserman worry there might be another yellow fever outbreak in the near future?
(a) Russia.
(b) Mali.
(c) Mongolia.
(d) Angola.

3. Which organization was focused on eradicating yellow fever as early as 1915?
(a) The Aster Fund.
(b) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
(c) The Rockefeller Foundation.
(d) The Joymal Foundation.

4. How are vector-borne diseases spread?
(a) By blood.
(b) Through the water.
(c) By humans.
(d) By mosquitoes, ticks and flies.

5. Who is the National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, named for?
(a) Dr. E.G. Cummings.
(b) Dr. Gerald Heil.
(c) Dr. Walter Reed.
(d) Dr. Arnold Ashe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname some in the media started giving to Osterholm?

2. In Chapter 5, where does Osterholm point out there are the most microbes in the human body?

3. Where did the 2012 outbreak of MERS seem to originate?

4. In Chapter 14, where did Osterholm and his family build a house in 1997?

5. What group did congress establish in 2006 to help provide a good approach to vaccine development?

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