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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. The Uganda-Tanzania War took place during what years?
(a) 1977-1981.
(b) 1967-1971.
(c) 1978-1979.
(d) 1982-1985.

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

3. When Johnson and MacKenzie became ill in Chapter 1: "Machupo," they were saved by a doctor who had treated a similar disease in __________.
(a) Korea.
(b) Tanzania.
(c) Uganda.
(d) France.

4. Chapter 9: "Microbe Magnets" explains that prior to ___________ large cities were rare, and most of the illness threats were parasitic.
(a) 1500 A.D.
(b) 2000 B.C.
(c) 500 A.D.
(d) 6000 B.C.

5. How many deaths were reported from the first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease in 1976?
(a) 92.
(b) 34.
(c) 173.
(d) 328.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, Laurie Garrett discusses the experiences of her uncle who was a doctor in what year?

2. The Great Plague of London killed approximately how many people?

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

4. What refers to a neurological disorder that occurs when many nerves throughout the body malfunction simultaneously?

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

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