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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. The WHO created the Declaration of Alma-Ata which sought to unite the world in a push to create healthy living conditions for everyone by what year?
(a) 2050.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1995.
(d) 2100.

2. Researchers were able to track the outbreak of the Lassa virus to a woman from ______________.
(a) Kinshasha.
(b) Lusaka.
(c) Lagos.
(d) Monrovia.

3. In Chapter 13: "Revenge of the Germs," by what year were many viruses resistant to antibiotics, including the staph infection?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1982.

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

5. What refers to the disease fighting white blood cells that help the immune system fight off infection?
(a) P-cells.
(b) D-cells.
(c) G-cells.
(d) T-cells.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Uganda-Tanzania War led to the overthrow of whose regime?

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

3. According to the author in Chapter 13, what were vital to cell transformation?

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

5. When Bernhard Mandrella went in for treatment for the Lassa virus, he was given blood from whom?

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