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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: Microbe Magnets and Chapter 10: Distant Thunder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Joe McCormick was dispatched to what location to investigate the epidemic of the Ebola virus?
(a) Lusaka.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Kinshasa.
(d) Lagos.

2. In what year was Karl Johnson in Panama when his friend, Ron MacKenzie, headed to Bolivia to investigate a disease, as described in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1962.

3. Soon after the funeral of the first victim in Chapter 5, the mission was filled with the disease and some of the mission nurses were sent to ______________ to recover.
(a) South Sudan.
(b) Zaire.
(c) Tanzania.
(d) Thailand.

4. What concept stated that as nations moved out of poverty and basic needs were met, scientists could use pharmaceutical and chemical tools to wipe out parasites, bacteria, and viruses?
(a) The Health Transition.
(b) Healthy Investments.
(c) The Wealthy Cleansing.
(d) Banking on Doctors.

5. Maridi is a town located in what country?
(a) Tanzania.
(b) South Sudan.
(c) The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
(d) Uganda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Karl Johnson's team realized that in San Joaquin, there were no ________ as a result of DDT spraying in Chapter 1: "Machupo."

2. Human trials of Albert Sabin's oral polio vaccine began in what year?

3. Soon after the first outbreak described in Chapter 5: "Yambuku," another outbreak was seen at the hospital in what location?

4. What refers to a neurological disorder that occurs when many nerves throughout the body malfunction simultaneously?

5. In what year did a type of swine flu strike in Texas simultaneously with another less deadly strain?

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