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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. What publication did Osterholm almost pull an op-ed he wrote about Zika from in 2016?
(a) The Guardian.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Los Angeles Times.
(d) The Washington Post.

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

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

4. Which animal does Osterholm think helped spread MERS to humans?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Camels.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Cats.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which advisor of Osterholm's does Osterholm remember as being particularly kind and empathetic towards him in Chapter 14?

2. 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?

3. In the 1918 flu epidemic, which population suffered a disproportionately high number of deaths?

4. Which public health organization or government agency is in charge of mosquito control today, according to Osterholm?

5. What kind of deadly flu strain caused an outbreak on Midwest poultry farms in the U.S. in 2015?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the likely origin of the MERS outbreak that began in 2012?

2. In Chapter 12, why does Osterholm think President Obama's choice of Ron Klain to head his Ebola task force in 2014 was inspired?

3. In Chapter 18, what does John Barry, author of The Great Influenza, say is the first thing to understand about influenza?

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

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

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

7. What does Osterholm write that Zika is the first example of in his career in public health?

8. Why does Osterholm believe the public is so fearful of diseases like Ebola?

9. In 2015, where did a severe new strain of flu appear in the United States?

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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