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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. 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) Tanzania.
(b) Thailand.
(c) South Sudan.
(d) Zaire.

2. A study in Africa related to TB showed its decrease was likely due to what?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Improved housing.
(c) Democratic government.
(d) Lack of rats.

3. The Great Plague of London killed approximately how many people?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 630,000.
(d) 100,000.

4. After his work with famine relief efforts, Uwe Brinkmann was dubbed by Germans as a __________.
(a) Communist.
(b) Federalist.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Conservative.

5. What profession did Karl Johnson's fiancee have, as described in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Oncologist.
(b) Virologist.
(c) Dermatologist.
(d) Neurologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. The epidemics of what disease increased due to the Aswan High Dam inhibiting the natural fluctuations in water height?

2. In what country was Jordi Casals born?

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

4. In the Introduction, Laurie Garrett discusses the experiences of an uncle named ___________.

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

(see the answer key)

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