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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. The French finally announced they had discovered what virus believed to cause AIDS?
(a) LAV.
(b) GEP.
(c) YRBD.
(d) TAM.

2. Karl Johnson's team placed ___________ across the village of San Joaquin in order to help eradicate the Manchupo virus in Chapter 1: "Machupo."
(a) Snakes.
(b) Mouse traps.
(c) Cats.
(d) Eagles.

3. In what year was Karl Johnson in Panama when his friend, Ron MacKenzie, headed to Bolivia to investigate a disease, as described in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1981.

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

5. Joe McCormick was dispatched to what location to investigate the epidemic of the Ebola virus?
(a) Lagos.
(b) Kinshasa.
(c) Lusaka.
(d) Cairo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did seals begin to die in mass numbers, signaling a new disease?

2. When was the CDC founded?

3. Hantaviruses are carried by what type of animal?

4. Legionnaires' disease acquired its name when an outbreak of pneumonia occurred among people attending a convention in what city?

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

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