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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did a type of swine flu strike in Texas simultaneously with another less deadly strain?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1976.

2. Researchers were able to track the outbreak of the Lassa virus to a woman from ______________.
(a) Lagos.
(b) Kinshasha.
(c) Monrovia.
(d) Lusaka.

3. The yellow fever epidemic was rampant in areas of West Africa and was spread by what insect?
(a) The a. aegypti mosquito.
(b) The p.funtari lobster.
(c) The h. cyptamy rodent.
(d) The r. tryrmic fish.

4. 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) Tanzania.
(c) Zaire.
(d) Thailand.

5. In what country was Jordi Casals born?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

6. Jordi Casals proved that the Lassa virus was spread through ______________.
(a) Rodents.
(b) Ants.
(c) Roaches.
(d) Cats.

7. What was the confirmed source of the first epidemic of Legionnaire's disease?
(a) Air conditioning.
(b) Bad plumbing.
(c) Mosquitos.
(d) Mouse feces.

8. Where in Bolivia did Ron MacKenzie travel in order to investigate a disease in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Bogata.
(b) Quito.
(c) Lagos.
(d) Magdalena.

9. DNA consists of two long polymers of simple units called ____________.
(a) Genes.
(b) Microbes.
(c) Antibodies.
(d) Nucleotides.

10. In Chapter 4: "Into the Woods," the author writes that Uwe Brinkmann, Bernhard Mandrella, Adam Cargill, and three nurses were taken to an isolated facility in which location?
(a) Thailand.
(b) New York.
(c) Germany.
(d) Spain.

11. The term antibiotic was coined by whom?
(a) Selman Waksman.
(b) Gerald Kimbel.
(c) Steven Lyman.
(d) Roger Jamsek.

12. Peter Piot at CDC processed the samples sent to him in Chapter 5: "Yambuku," and tests showed the virus was neither ________________ nor anything else they had seen.
(a) Measles.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Dengue fever.
(d) Malaria.

13. 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.

14. What refers to a neurological disorder that occurs when many nerves throughout the body malfunction simultaneously?
(a) Bipolar disorder.
(b) Polyneuropathy.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Atkinson's disease.

15. When was the CDC founded?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1867.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the term antibiotic first coined?

2. Laurie Garrett researched for The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance as a fellow at what institution?

3. Author Laurie Garrett refers to Karl Johnson and Ron MacKenzie as the first _______ in Chapter 1: "Machupo."

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

5. Who was on the team that Patricia Webb built to travel to Yambuku?

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