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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: Revenge of the Germs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When E coli 0157:H7 arrived, transmitted from contaminated meat, which argument became clear?
(a) Using pesticides.
(b) Growing fruit crops.
(c) Over-drugging farm animals.
(d) Famine.

2. By what year did the World Bank see the need for better health care in poorly developed countries?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1990.

3. After the woman that researchers tracked the outbreak of the Lassa virus to had been hospitalized, how many people became ill in Chapter 4?
(a) 4.
(b) 16.
(c) 7.
(d) 29.

4. When Bernhard Mandrella went in for treatment for the Lassa virus, he was given blood from whom?
(a) Lily Pinneo.
(b) Jordi Casals.
(c) Pat Webb.
(d) Daniel Elmer Salmon.

5. E faecium became resistant to which last available antibiotic?
(a) Arithromycin.
(b) Keflex.
(c) Vancomycin.
(d) Psilocybin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8: "Revolution," the author writes that the medical field discovered _____________, causing things to drastically change.

2. What disease did children with malaria contract after being required to have nearly complete blood transfusions?

3. Blackwater fever was caused by the overuse of what substance?

4. In what country was Jordi Casals born?

5. What does MRSA stand for?

(see the answer key)

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