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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author of the book's Preface discusses how our time in history will be tracked by newly emerging epidemics such as __________.
(a) Dengue fever.
(b) HIV.
(c) Yellow fever.
(d) Malaria.

2. The first polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk and first tested in what year?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1960.

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

4. What refers to the disease fighting white blood cells that help the immune system fight off infection?
(a) P-cells.
(b) D-cells.
(c) G-cells.
(d) T-cells.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bernhard Mandrella treated a coworker and sent blood which confirmed the Lassa virus to __________.

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

3. Yambuku is a small village in the Mongala District of what current country?

4. Kent Campbell began testing whom for the Lassa virus in Chapter 4?

5. What refers to a neurological disorder that occurs when many nerves throughout the body malfunction simultaneously?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused the overpopulation of field mice in San Joaquin?

2. What were Karl Johnson and Ron MacKenzie's first impressions of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever? What did the disease resemble?

3. How was Lily Pinneo exposed to the Lassa virus? Where was she sent after being infected?

4. Where did Mandrella, Cargill, and Brinkmann go after being quarantined?

5. Where, aside from Jos, did Lassa virus epidemics occur? What was the source of the disease?

6. What led to the infection of Karl Johnson and Ron MacKenzie? Who saved them and how?

7. How did Del Conn contract disease while studying in Zaire? What difficulties did he encounter in leaving the country?

8. What led to the death of Dr. Troup? Where was the source of the virus determined to be from?

9. What impact did the outbreak of Legionnaires' disease have on United States policy? Where did the outbreak occur?

10. How does the author describe the initial outbreak of the Ebola virus? How many people initially died in Yambuku?

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