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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What turned out to be causing the diarrheal illness in Minnesota that Osterholm investigated in 1984?
(a) Bacteria from a peanut-processing plant.
(b) Pathogens on spinach.
(c) Bacteria in raw milk.
(d) Pathogens on canteloupes.

2. Who was the George W. Bush-era Health and Human Services Secretary Osterholm has worked closely with?
(a) Kristen Henderson.
(b) Tommy Thompson.
(c) Maria Solnar.
(d) Michael Henry.

3. What type of pneumonia did doctors begin to see in early HIV/AIDS patients?
(a) Stases pneumonia.
(b) Complex pneumonia.
(c) Marshall Island pneumonia.
(d) Pneumocystis carinii.

4. Who announced in the early 1980s that an AIDS vaccine would be ready within two years?
(a) Secretary of State Casper Williams.
(b) Secretary of Health Margaret Heckler.
(c) Secretary of State Robards Jasper.
(d) Secretary of Health Alexander Williams.

5. Who was the head of the first meeting Osterholm attended about the HIV/AIDS epidemic, before doctors knew what they were dealing with?
(a) Dr. Michael Redfield.
(b) Dr. James Curran.
(c) Dr. Lauren Collins.
(d) Dr. Deborah Hinkle.

6. What is one of the two metaphors Osterholm uses for fighting viruses throughout the book?
(a) Envy.
(b) Pestilence.
(c) War.
(d) Famine.

7. Which chemical did the U.S. Army issue to personnel stationed in areas where there were many mosquitoes?
(a) Liathin.
(b) Permethrin.
(c) Estrogen.
(d) Lechthin.

8. In Chapter 2, what does Osterholm say is NOT part of the public health agenda?
(a) Figuring out the causes of diseases.
(b) Developing new vaccinations for diseases.
(c) Preventing death.
(d) Curing babies of illness.

9. Which doctor does Osterholm begin Chapter 2 with a quote from?
(a) Dr. Margaret Schweitzer.
(b) Dr. Albert Schweitzer.
(c) Dr. Jeanette Jenkins.
(d) Dr. Richard Hauser.

10. What is the nickname some in the media started giving to Osterholm?
(a) Mike the Great.
(b) Mike the Tank.
(c) Bad News Mike.
(d) Mike the Smart.

11. What is the serious condition that the Zika virus sometimes causes in babies?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Paralysis.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Microcephaly.

12. On whose program did the creator of the polio vaccine announce that he was not patenting the vaccine in 1955?
(a) Edward R. Murrow's.
(b) Barbara Walter's.
(c) Walter Winchell's.
(d) James Jeffrie's.

13. What process for killing bacteria is Louis Pasteur famous for discovering?
(a) Mobilization.
(b) Variation.
(c) Pasteurization.
(d) Sterilization.

14. In what year was there a measles outbreak in Minnesota?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1985.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1991.

15. Which disease did the Gates Foundation take the lead in trying to eradicate?
(a) Polio.
(b) Yellow Fever.
(c) Ebola.
(d) Dengue fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Osterholm claim the worldwide pharmaceutical industry had in revenue in 2014?

2. Which professional was responsible for naming the HIV/AIDS virus in the early 1980s?

3. What syndrome did Osterholm do extensive work on in the early 1980s?

4. What is one of the problems with the vaccine industry, according to Osterholm?

5. What does Osterholm say is the scariest means of transmission for a pathogen?

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