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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Laurie Garrett earned her undergraduate degree in biology from what institution?
(a) The Yale Public Health Academy.
(b) The University of California, Los Angeles.
(c) The University of California, Santa Cruz.
(d) The Harvard School of Public Health.

2. Ron MacKenzie and what ecologist arrived in San Joaquin, where the locals believed the Bolivian virus was born, in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Peter Piot.
(b) Don Francis.
(c) Jordi Casals.
(d) Merl Kuns.

3. 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) Uganda.
(c) France.
(d) Tanzania.

4. What does CDC stand for?
(a) Center for Destroying Cancer.
(b) Centers for Disease Control.
(c) Corporate Disease Control.
(d) Cancer and Disease Center.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Near what United States city is the CDC headquartered?

2. What did Karl Johnson's team discover to be the culprit of the Bolivian disease in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

3. What does the acronym WHO stand for?

4. The author of the book's Preface discusses how our time in history will be tracked by newly emerging epidemics such as __________.

5. Where did Ron MacKenzie return after taking blood samples in Bolivia in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

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