1. When Johnson and MacKenzie became ill in Chapter 1: "Machupo," they were saved by a doctor who knew to drastically increase ______________.
(a) Pain killers.
(b) Food.
(c) Antibiotics.
(d) Fluids.

2. The genus Salmonella was named after what American veterinary pathologist?
(a) Joe McCormick.
(b) Ron MacKenzie.
(c) Daniel Elmer Salmon.
(d) Jim McDermott.

3. In Chapter 10: "Distant Thunder," the author writes that Harvey Milk was assassinated in what year?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1978.

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

5. With the first signs of the AIDS epidemic, the CDC quickly created a quiet division to work on the problem, while who traveled to see San Fransisco first hand in Chapter 11: "Hatari: Vinidogodogo"?
(a) Friedrich Miescher.
(b) Harold Jaffe.
(c) Merl Kuns.
(d) Lily Pinneo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Africa, Peter Piot recalled seeing a case similar to the early AIDS cases in the 1970s, and he found three more cases on the books, all from __________.

2. DNA consists of two long polymers of simple units called ____________.

3. Author Laurie Garrett was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1996 for a series of works published in what publication?

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

5. The Uganda-Tanzania War took place during what years?

(see the answer key)

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