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

2. How did yellow fever get its name?
(a) The mosquitoes who carry it have yellow striping on their wings.
(b) The mosquitoes who carry it eat yellow tree leaves.
(c) It originated near a river whose polluted water was yellow in color.
(d) It can damage the liver and cause jaundice.

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

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 airborne.
(b) That it could mutate to become more lethal to children.
(c) That it could mutate to become more lethal to middle-aged people.
(d) That it could mutate to become more lethal to older people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a term meaning that a pathogen causes severe and fatal disease?

2. Which doctor is widely credited with discovering the first antibiotics?

3. In Chapter 17, which doctor does Osterholm identify as one of the first to demonstrate the importance of hand-washing?

4. How long had researchers known about the Zika virus before the 2016 outbreak?

5. What are the leading causes of death today in America, according to Osterholm?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what is one of the theories about how the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa began?

2. Why does Osterholm claim a personal stake in studying mosquito-borne illnesses?

3. In Chapter 17, what is one remedy for antibiotic-resistant infections that Osterholm says will be more difficult, but not impossible, to develop?

4. Why did so many young, healthy people die in the 1918 flu epidemic?

5. What is one of Osterholm's fears about how a virus like Ebola could possibly mutate to become worse?

6. How does Osterholm characterize most Americans' attitude towards mosquitoes?

7. In Chapter 16, who was one of the first doctors to discover the power of antibiotics and how did he make this discovery?

8. What kind of virus is Ebola and why was it given this specific name?

9. In Chapter 14, what does Osterholm remember Dr. Hausler for, especially during a difficult personal episode for Osterholm?

10. Which bacteria does Osterholm cite as killing more people in America each year than the AIDS virus, and where do most of them pick up the infection?

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