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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Health Transition and Chapter 3: Monkey Kidneys and the Ebbing Tides.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ron MacKenzie return after taking blood samples in Bolivia in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Panama.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Brazil.

2. 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) 1991.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1969.

3. Laurie Garrett researched for The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance as a fellow at what institution?
(a) The Yale Public Health Academy.
(b) The Harvard School of Public Health.
(c) The University of California, Santa Cruz.
(d) The University of California, Los Angeles.

4. When was the term antibiotic first coined?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1966.

5. To what do the initials "RNA" refer?
(a) Regenerative nerve action.
(b) Reflexive neurological antibodies.
(c) Richmond Nutrition Association.
(d) Ribonucleic acid.

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. DNA was first isolated by what Swiss physician?

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

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

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

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