1. What is a nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor used for the treatment of HIV/AIDS?
(a) CTC.
(b) YAV.
(c) OMG.
(d) AZT.

2. The Uganda-Tanzania War led to the overthrow of whose regime?
(a) Aba Inor's.
(b) Eze Oman's.
(c) Oto Eron's.
(d) Idi Amin's.

3. Where did Adam Cargill go after being released from a holding facility in Chapter 4?
(a) Sussex, England.
(b) Marburg, Germany.
(c) Warsaw, Poland.
(d) Hamburg, Germany.

4. The Aswan High Dam is an embankment dam situated across what river?
(a) The Mississippi River.
(b) The Amazon River.
(c) The Nile River.
(d) The Ganges River.

5. Joe McCormick met with scientists from what country that wanted samples of the Lassa virus?
(a) Brazil.
(b) The United States.
(c) The Soviet Union.
(d) Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4: "Into the Woods," the author writes that Uwe Brinkmann, Bernhard Mandrella, Adam Cargill, and three nurses were taken to an isolated facility in which location?

2. E faecium became resistant to which last available antibiotic?

3. Where was Lily Pinneo flown after contracting the Lassa virus?

4. In Chapter 13: "Revenge of the Germs," by what year were many viruses resistant to antibiotics, including the staph infection?

5. After the woman that researchers tracked the outbreak of the Lassa virus to had been hospitalized, how many people became ill in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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