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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. What organ does tuberculosis usually attack?
(a) Kidneys.
(b) Lung.
(c) Brain.
(d) Heart.

2. Legionnaires' disease acquired its name when an outbreak of pneumonia occurred among people attending a convention in what city?
(a) Chicago, IL.
(b) Detroit, MI.
(c) Philadelphia, PA.
(d) Denver, CO.

3. Karl Johnson worked with whom to create a portable lab to keep airborne disease from infecting the doctors in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Karl Johnson.
(b) Al Wieden.
(c) Harold Jaffe.
(d) Peter Piot.

4. German authorities began to argue with the authorities of ___________ over the Lassa virus in Chapter 4.
(a) Poland.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

5. What refers to a neurological disorder that occurs when many nerves throughout the body malfunction simultaneously?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Polyneuropathy.
(c) Bipolar disorder.
(d) Atkinson's disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Peter Piot sent to study the virus later known as Ebola?

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

3. In Chapter 11: "Hatari: Vinidogodogo," where were the doctors following a particularly virulent strain of herpes?

4. Kent Campbell began testing whom for the Lassa virus in Chapter 4?

5. When was the CDC founded?

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