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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the average life-expectancy in the United States in 2009?
(a) 78 years.
(b) 90 years.
(c) 85 years.
(d) 80 years.

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

4. In Chapter 14, what does Osterholm's father do that devastates Osterholm?
(a) Injures Osterholm so that he can not play sports any longer.
(b) Destroys some of Osterholm's lab equipment.
(c) Injures Osterholm's sister.
(d) Injures Osterholm's mother.

5. Which book did Rachel Carson write that raised questions about the safety of commonly used chemicals to kill mosquitoes?
(a) Dark Waters.
(b) Silent Spring.
(c) Endless Night.
(d) Killing the Land.

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

7. Who is one of the leading independent journalists on public health, according to Osterholm in Chapter 16?
(a) Colleen O'Mahr.
(b) Maryn McKenna.
(c) Lola Navado.
(d) Marshall Winchell.

8. Which illness did Osterholm initially fear his son might have contracted in Chapter 14?
(a) Influenza.
(b) SARS.
(c) Bacterial meningitis.
(d) Marburg.

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

10. What drug did some of the birth defects caused by the Zika virus remind some health care professionals of that had also caused birth defects?
(a) Celebrit.
(b) Zafran.
(c) Thalidomide.
(d) Ambiel.

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

12. Who was one of the first physicians to name and discover the SARS virus in 2003?
(a) Dr. Karen Jenkins.
(b) Dr. Lou Chen.
(c) Dr. Hazim Nadim.
(d) Dr. Carlo Urbani.

13. What potentially deadly diarrhea does the overuse of antibiotics put patients at risk for?
(a) Clostridium difficile.
(b) Crohn's Disease.
(c) Marburg diarrhea.
(d) Colitis.

14. What kind of deadly flu strain caused an outbreak on Midwest poultry farms in the U.S. in 2015?
(a) H2N3.
(b) H3N1.
(c) H5N2.
(d) H1N1.

15. Which doctor's six year-old daughter punctured her skin with a sewing needle and developed a massive infection in the 1930s?
(a) Dr. Alexander Fleming.
(b) Dr. Gerhard Domagk.
(c) Dr. James Curran.
(d) Dr. Edward Jenner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the problem with the vaccine for yellow fever?

2. Which doctor isolated the MERS virus in the 2012 outbreak?

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

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

5. What illness were doctors in cities along the Brazilian coast seeing a dramatic increase in in 2015?

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