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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) Erin.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Laura.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which two cities were initially on the WHO's travel alert because of SARS in 2003?

3. In Chapter 18, what does Osterholm name as the king of infectious diseases?

4. Which medical center in South Korea was shut down temporarily due to a MERS outbreak there in 2015?

5. In Chapter 14, what does Osterholm's father do that devastates Osterholm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the most serious complication of the Zika virus that merged in the Americas in 2015?

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

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

6. Why does Osterholm argue that cancer and heart disease kill so many more people today than they did a century ago?

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

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

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

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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