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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. Within how much time was the virus now called Manchupo virus eradicated after Karl Johnson's team discovered the culprit of the epidemic in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 12 days.
(d) 2 months.

2. When Johnson and MacKenzie became ill in Chapter 1: "Machupo," they were saved by a doctor who had treated a similar disease in __________.
(a) Korea.
(b) France.
(c) Uganda.
(d) Tanzania.

3. Karl Johnson's team realized that in San Joaquin, there were no ________ as a result of DDT spraying in Chapter 1: "Machupo."
(a) Cats.
(b) Owls.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Eagles.

4. According to the author in Chapter 2: "Health Transition," the efforts to eradicate _______ actually made the disease more rampant.
(a) Malaria.
(b) Swine Flu.
(c) The Black Typhus.
(d) HIV.

5. DNA was first isolated by what Swiss physician?
(a) Friedrich Miescher.
(b) Joe McCormick.
(c) Alexander Fleming.
(d) Uwe Brinkmann.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was penicillin first discovered?

2. In the Introduction, Laurie Garrett discusses the experiences of an uncle named ___________.

3. DNA consists of two long polymers of simple units called ____________.

4. Researchers were able to track the outbreak of the Lassa virus to a woman from ______________.

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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