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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The disease that Ron MacKenzie went to Bolivia to investigate in Chapter 1: "Machupo" was dubbed by local doctors as ____________.
(a) Schistosomiasis.
(b) Malaria.
(c) The Black Typhus.
(d) Measles.

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

3. When Johnson and MacKenzie became ill in Chapter 1: "Machupo," they were saved by a doctor who knew to drastically increase ______________.
(a) Antibiotics.
(b) Fluids.
(c) Food.
(d) Pain killers.

4. What term refers to a disease created as a result of medical treatment?
(a) Infection.
(b) Iatrogenic.
(c) Pandemic.
(d) Retrovirus.

5. In the Introduction, Laurie Garrett discusses the experiences of an uncle named ___________.
(a) Bernard.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Gerald.
(d) Maurice.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Johnson and MacKenzie became ill in Chapter 1: "Machupo," they were saved by a doctor who had treated a similar disease in __________.

2. Where in Bolivia did Ron MacKenzie travel in order to investigate a disease in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

3. Maridi is a town located in what country?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 5: "Yambuku," the author describes a man in Yambuku who was treated for an illness like _____________.

5. According to the author in Chapter 2: "Health Transition," the efforts to eradicate _______ actually made the disease more rampant.

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