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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was on the team that Patricia Webb built to travel to Yambuku?
(a) Joel Breman.
(b) Uwe Brinkmann.
(c) Johnathan Mann.
(d) Selman Waksman.

2. Who was treating Bernhard Mandrella for the Lassa virus when he met Kent Campbell?
(a) Al Wieden.
(b) David Sencer.
(c) Jay Butler.
(d) Uwe Brinkmann.

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) 1981.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1962.

4. How many deaths were reported from the first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease in 1976?
(a) 328.
(b) 34.
(c) 173.
(d) 92.

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

6. Legionnaires' disease acquired its name when an outbreak of pneumonia occurred among people attending a convention in what city?
(a) Chicago, IL.
(b) Philadelphia, PA.
(c) Detroit, MI.
(d) Denver, CO.

7. After the woman that researchers tracked the outbreak of the Lassa virus to had been hospitalized, how many people became ill in Chapter 4?
(a) 16.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 29.

8. Where did Ron MacKenzie return after taking blood samples in Bolivia in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Panama.
(d) Ecuador.

9. The first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease occurred during what month in the year 1976?
(a) September.
(b) December.
(c) May.
(d) July.

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

11. Author Laurie Garrett refers to Karl Johnson and Ron MacKenzie as the first _______ in Chapter 1: "Machupo."
(a) Scientific geniouses.
(b) Viral explorers.
(c) Medical juggernauts.
(d) Disease cowboys.

12. Where was Lily Pinneo flown after contracting the Lassa virus?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) New York.
(c) Nevada.
(d) North Dakota.

13. The discovery of penicillin is attributed to what Scottish scientist?
(a) Alexander Fleming.
(b) Friedrich Miescher.
(c) Harold Jaffe.
(d) Fred Murphy.

14. What CDC director was fired over the first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease?
(a) Paul Bres.
(b) Johnathan Mann.
(c) David Sencer.
(d) Friedrich Miescher.

15. When does the author write that the Institute of Medicine convened a panel to discuss the severity of a microbial threat to United States citizens in the Introduction?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1969.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was penicillin first discovered?

2. The author of the book's Preface discusses how our time in history will be tracked by newly emerging epidemics such as __________.

3. What was the confirmed source of the first epidemic of Legionnaire's disease?

4. According to the author in Chapter 6: "American Bicentennial," the CDC was being berated since how many elderly individuals died following their vaccinations for swine flu?

5. Who worked with Patricia Webb on the Ebola virus in the CDC's laboratory?

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