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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, where does Osterholm point out there are the most microbes in the human body?
(a) The heart.
(b) The ear.
(c) The thigh muscle.
(d) The gut microbiome.

2. In which part of Minnesota did Osterholm investigate an outbreak of diarrheal illness in 1984?
(a) Brainerd.
(b) Willow.
(c) Framewood.
(d) Minneapolis.

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

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

5. What kind of graph do epidemiologists use to try to figure out what threats they should be worrying about in public health?
(a) A Marshall Matrix.
(b) An Addington's Graph.
(c) A Bell Curve.
(d) A threat matrix.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the director of the NIH, as mentioned by Osterholm in Chapter 10?

2. What flu strain does Osterholm call the grandfather of bird-flu viruses?

3. What organization did Osterholm found at the University of Minnesota?

4. What is one antibiotic commonly used to threat anthrax?

5. Which 2004 report summarized the scientific community's concerns about bioterrorism?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Osterholm distinguish between a so-called good death and a bad death?

2. In Chapter 1, why does the CDC's Jim Curran move quickly to name the AIDS disease as it is named?

3. What are two major diseases the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has put large amounts of money into developing vaccines for?

4. What is one sometimes fatal reaction the human body has to microbes, especially in those with strong immune systems?

5. What common product did Osterholm and his colleagues eventually trace the development of toxic shock syndrome to?

6. Why was the Spanish Flu so named, even though it likely did not originate in Spain?

7. What were the two relatively rare conditions doctors began seeing in patients at the outset of the AIDS epidemic?

8. In the Introduction, what are the two metaphors for disease that Osterholm sets out for use throughout the book?

9. Why was John Snow's work so important in the 1800s?

10. How was Osterholm personally affected by the AIDS epidemic?

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