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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17: Searching for Solutions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Introduction, Laurie Garrett discusses the experiences of her uncle who was a doctor in what year?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1897.

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

3. In Chapter 6: "American Bicentennial," the author writes that the influenza virus developed mutation strategies that made ___________ nearly impossible.
(a) Pandemics.
(b) Antibodies.
(c) Infections.
(d) Isolation.

4. In Chapter 15: "All in Good Haste," an outbreak of a respiratory illness that caused death broke out in reservations in New Mexico in what year?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1988.
(d) 2002.

5. Who wrote the Preface to The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance?
(a) Johnathan Mann.
(b) Uwe Brinkmann.
(c) Laurie Garrett
(d) Fred Murphy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Soon after the first outbreak described in Chapter 5: "Yambuku," another outbreak was seen at the hospital in what location?

2. What refers to compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often disease?

3. In what year did a type of swine flu strike in Texas simultaneously with another less deadly strain?

4. What is a nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor used for the treatment of HIV/AIDS?

5. Where did Uwe Brinkmann go after being released from a holding facility in Chapter 4?

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