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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 15, what analogy does Osterholm use for Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases?
(a) A marathon.
(b) An uphill battle.
(c) Trench warfare.
(d) A fight against crime.

2. What is a term meaning that a pathogen causes severe and fatal disease?
(a) High-pathogenicity.
(b) Black-out potential.
(c) Death-potential.
(d) Stark mark.

3. What illness were doctors in cities along the Brazilian coast seeing a dramatic increase in in 2015?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Marburg.
(c) Guillain-Barre.
(d) Yellow fever.

4. What language does the word chikungunya come from?
(a) Malaysian.
(b) Indian.
(c) Makonde.
(d) Swahili.

5. Osterholm notes in Chapter 17 that in his experience, what gets acted upon is related to which of the following?
(a) What gets the right person's attention.
(b) What gets counted.
(c) What scares enough people.
(d) What gets money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the mosquitoes that carried the illness that affected Osterholm's son in Chapter 14 usually live?

2. By the end of July in 2015, what was the Korean MERS death toll?

3. When was Dengue first identified?

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

5. Who is the National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, named for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. What did Dr. Anne Schuchat at the CDC say about the tools available to fight a disease like SARS?

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

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

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

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