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

2. What are the independent pieces of DNA that bacteria can sometimes share with each other?
(a) Cones.
(b) Quarks.
(c) Plasmids.
(d) Brokers.

3. Which cave remained untouched by humans or animals for almost four million years, until its discovery in 1986?
(a) Talahatche Cave.
(b) Lechugilla Cave.
(c) Marcanuil Cave.
(d) Ronalind Cave.

4. Who led President Obama's Ebola response effort?
(a) Tommy Thompson.
(b) Tom Daschle.
(c) Ron Klain.
(d) Joe Biden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are bacteriophages?

2. Which hotel in Hong Kong became a central place for the spread of SARS in 2003?

3. What publication did Osterholm almost pull an op-ed he wrote about Zika from in 2016?

4. Which child of Osterholm's came across her sibling's unnamed case in a medical presentation while in medical school?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. What are the two types of dengue disease Osterholm describes in Chapter 14?

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

8. Why does Osterholm think many doctors prescribe antibiotics even when they think they will do the patient no good?

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

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

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