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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) 1957.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1932.

2. Maridi is a town located in what country?
(a) Tanzania.
(b) South Sudan.
(c) Uganda.
(d) The Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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

4. What country sought to improve its own infrastructures with little funding, relying instead on education?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Mexico.
(c) The Soviet Union.
(d) Tanzania.

5. The term antibiotic was coined by whom?
(a) Steven Lyman.
(b) Gerald Kimbel.
(c) Roger Jamsek.
(d) Selman Waksman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Author Laurie Garrett refers to Karl Johnson and Ron MacKenzie as the first _______ in Chapter 1: "Machupo."

2. When Johnson and MacKenzie became ill in Chapter 1: "Machupo," they were saved by a doctor who knew to drastically increase ______________.

3. What CDC director was fired over the first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease?

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

5. In Chapter 7: "N'zara," Joe McCormick was called to _____________ during his Lassa research.

(see the answer key)

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