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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which North American city did a SARS outbreak occur in 2003?
(a) Montreal.
(b) New York.
(c) Toronto.
(d) Chicago.

2. Which Florida Senator expressed alarm over mosquito-borne infections in the aftermath of the Zika outbreak?
(a) Rick Sanchez.
(b) Jeb Bush.
(c) Marco Rubio.
(d) Rick Scott.

3. What did Dr. Anne Schuchat say about the tools we had to fight SARS in 2003?
(a) They are dependent on people adhering to social distancing guidelines.
(b) They were the same ones we have had for hundreds of years.
(c) They are entirely dependent on a successful vaccine.
(d) They are all very expensive.

4. What possibility about Ebola was Osterholm criticized for bringing up in a 2014 op-ed in the New York Times?
(a) That it could mutate to become more lethal to older people.
(b) That it could mutate to become airborne.
(c) That it could mutate to become more lethal to children.
(d) That it could mutate to become more lethal to middle-aged people.

5. When was Dengue first identified?
(a) During the late 1800s in India.
(b) During the Jin dynasty in China.
(c) During the early 1700s in Africa.
(d) During the early 1900s in London.

6. Which child of Osterholm's came across her sibling's unnamed case in a medical presentation while in medical school?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Laura.
(c) Erin.
(d) Sarah.

7. Where was there a significant outbreak of Zika virus in 2013?
(a) China.
(b) India.
(c) The Netherlands.
(d) French Polynesia.

8. Where was Zika virus first detected?
(a) In a pangolin in a village near the Zika River in 1956.
(b) In a rhesus monkey in the Zika Forest in Uganda in 1947.
(c) In a toddler in a village near the Zika River in 1960.
(d) In a civet in the Chinese province of Zika in 1956.

9. How long had researchers known about the Zika virus before the 2016 outbreak?
(a) About 20 years.
(b) About 70 years.
(c) About 200 years.
(d) About 10 years.

10. Where do the mosquitoes that carried the illness that affected Osterholm's son in Chapter 14 usually live?
(a) Deserts.
(b) Tree holes.
(c) Standing puddles.
(d) Marshes.

11. In Chapter 17, which doctor does Osterholm identify as one of the first to demonstrate the importance of hand-washing?
(a) Dr. Bronwyn Mawbry.
(b) Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis.
(c) Dr. Marco Iqubal.
(d) Dr. Richard Siemmler.

12. What are bacteriophages?
(a) Viruses that can infect and kill certain bacteria.
(b) Bacteria that have been altered in labs to target viruses.
(c) Bateria that eat only iron.
(d) Bacteria that have been extinct for a long time.

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

14. What illness were doctors in cities along the Brazilian coast seeing a dramatic increase in in 2015?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Marburg.
(c) Yellow fever.
(d) Guillain-Barre.

15. Which writer does Osterholm begin Chapter 12 with a quote from?
(a) William Gibson.
(b) Mary Shelly.
(c) Ted Chiang.
(d) Roy Strong.

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 language does the word chikungunya come from?

3. What is the title of the study former British Prime Minister David Cameron commissioned and mentioned to Barack Obama in 2016?

4. Why did funerary practices contribute to the spread of Ebola in West Africa in 2014?

5. Which cave remained untouched by humans or animals for almost four million years, until its discovery in 1986?

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