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

2. The yellow fever epidemic was rampant in areas of West Africa and was spread by what insect?
(a) The h. cyptamy rodent.
(b) The a. aegypti mosquito.
(c) The p.funtari lobster.
(d) The r. tryrmic fish.

3. Near what United States city is the CDC headquartered?
(a) Seattle, WA.
(b) Atlanta, GA.
(c) Albany, NY.
(d) Phoenix, AZ.

4. Author Laurie Garrett refers to Karl Johnson and Ron MacKenzie as the first _______ in Chapter 1: "Machupo."
(a) Scientific geniouses.
(b) Viral explorers.
(c) Medical juggernauts.
(d) Disease cowboys.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was Joe McCormick in Brazil overseeing a massive meningitis outbreak?

3. Author Laurie Garrett was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1996 for a series of works published in what publication?

4. Karl Johnson worked with whom to create a portable lab to keep airborne disease from infecting the doctors in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

5. What does AIDS stand for?

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