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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. Joe McCormick met with scientists from what country that wanted samples of the Lassa virus?
(a) Australia.
(b) Brazil.
(c) The United States.
(d) The Soviet Union.

2. DNA consists of two long polymers of simple units called ____________.
(a) Antibodies.
(b) Nucleotides.
(c) Microbes.
(d) Genes.

3. The Aswan High Dam is an embankment dam situated across what river?
(a) The Nile River.
(b) The Amazon River.
(c) The Ganges River.
(d) The Mississippi River.

4. What refers to an epidemic of an infectious disease that is spreading through human populations across a large region?
(a) Pandemic.
(b) Sociopath.
(c) Arythmia.
(d) Extermination.

5. In the United States, the tuberculosis crisis peaked in 1830 and what other year?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1908.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Republic of Liberia is located on what continent?

2. The Aswan High Dam was constructed during what decade?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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