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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: Hatari: Vinidogodogo and Chapter 12: Feminine Hygiene.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Introduction, Laurie Garrett discusses the experiences of her uncle who was a doctor in what year?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1957.

2. In Africa, Peter Piot recalled seeing a case similar to the early AIDS cases in the 1970s, and he found three more cases on the books, all from __________.
(a) Tanzania.
(b) Uganda.
(c) The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
(d) Zaire.

3. The first polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk and first tested in what year?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1952.

4. What does AIDS stand for?
(a) Anorexia induced disease syndrome.
(b) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
(c) Autonomous insulin deficiency symptoms.
(d) Albino immune destruction syndrome.

5. Soon after the funeral of the first victim in Chapter 5, the mission was filled with the disease and some of the mission nurses were sent to ______________ to recover.
(a) Zaire.
(b) Tanzania.
(c) Thailand.
(d) South Sudan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joe McCormick was dispatched to what location to investigate the epidemic of the Ebola virus?

2. What expert of viruses at WHO was dispatched to Maridi to gather samples in Chapter 5: "Yambuku"?

3. To what do the initials "RNA" refer?

4. In what year did the worst flu epidemic in the twentieth century strike, killing millions?

5. In what year did the CDC call the first International AIDS Conference?

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