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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Lily Pinneo flown after contracting the Lassa virus?
(a) Nevada.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) New York.
(d) North Dakota.

2. In Chapter 4: "Into the Woods," the author writes that Uwe Brinkmann, Bernhard Mandrella, Adam Cargill, and three nurses were taken to an isolated facility in which location?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) New York.
(d) Thailand.

3. What refers to the disease fighting white blood cells that help the immune system fight off infection?
(a) P-cells.
(b) D-cells.
(c) T-cells.
(d) G-cells.

4. What expert of viruses at WHO was dispatched to Maridi to gather samples in Chapter 5: "Yambuku"?
(a) Al Wieden.
(b) Merl Kuns.
(c) Richard Shope.
(d) Paul Bres.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the Preface to The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance?

3. The first polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk and first tested in what year?

4. Karl Johnson's team placed ___________ across the village of San Joaquin in order to help eradicate the Manchupo virus in Chapter 1: "Machupo."

5. A WHO research team discovered all the original patients of the mystery disease had handled monkeys from ___________.

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