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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Into the Woods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what do the initials "DNA" refer?
(a) Destructive neurological action.
(b) Deterioration of nerve acid.
(c) Deoxyribonucleic acid.
(d) Dental nerve activity.

2. What does the acronym WHO stand for?
(a) Wholesome and Holistic Outlook.
(b) World Health Organization.
(c) Wellness and Health Organization.
(d) Women's Health Operation.

3. Following Kent Campbell's recovery, he was sent to investigate the Lassa outbreak in ______________.
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Poland.

4. The discovery of penicillin is attributed to what Scottish scientist?
(a) Friedrich Miescher.
(b) Fred Murphy.
(c) Harold Jaffe.
(d) Alexander Fleming.

5. By what decade does the author write that AIDS was an epidemic in the book's Introduction?
(a) 1970's.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1960's.
(d) 1950's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where in Bolivia did Ron MacKenzie travel in order to investigate a disease in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

3. In the Introduction, Laurie Garrett discusses the experiences of her uncle who was a doctor in what year?

4. What does CDC stand for?

5. Jordi Casals proved that the Lassa virus was spread through ______________.

(see the answer key)

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