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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Machupo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the CDC founded?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1867.

2. Karl Johnson's team placed ___________ across the village of San Joaquin in order to help eradicate the Manchupo virus in Chapter 1: "Machupo."
(a) Cats.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Mouse traps.
(d) Eagles.

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

4. When does the author write that the Institute of Medicine convened a panel to discuss the severity of a microbial threat to United States citizens in the Introduction?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1969.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The disease that Ron MacKenzie went to Bolivia to investigate in Chapter 1: "Machupo" was dubbed by local doctors as ____________.

2. What was the name of Karl Johnson's fiancee who became ill after visiting him in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

3. When the Institute of Medicine convened a panel to discuss the severity of a microbial threat to United States citizens, many critics believed that many emerging diseases were not __________, according to the author in the Introduction?

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

5. What profession did Karl Johnson's fiancee have, as described in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

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