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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. Where did Adam Cargill go after being released from a holding facility in Chapter 4?
(a) Marburg, Germany.
(b) Sussex, England.
(c) Warsaw, Poland.
(d) Hamburg, Germany.

2. 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) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) Thailand.
(d) New York.

3. What does the acronym WHO stand for?
(a) Women's Health Operation.
(b) World Health Organization.
(c) Wellness and Health Organization.
(d) Wholesome and Holistic Outlook.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. How many deaths were reported from the first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease in 1976?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 5: "Yambuku," the author describes a man in Yambuku who was treated for an illness like _____________.

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

5. Who discovered that the flu lived harmlessly in pig mucus, and thus, dubbed the new virus swine flu?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the author Laurie Garrett described in the book's introduction and bio? Where did Garrett study? What are common themes in her works?

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

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

4. In Chapter 2, how does author Laurie Garrett describe the evolution of healthcare following the introduction of antibiotics?

5. What viruses made impacts in the United States, according to the author in Chapter 6: "American Bicentennial"? When did they occur?

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

7. What led to Lily Pinneo's blood being used for antibodies?

8. How did Joe McCormick help to eradicate a resistant form of meningitis?

9. What were the results of attempts to eradicate malaria?

10. What did Karl Johnson contract in the beginning of Chapter 1: "Machupo"? Who had traveled to Bolivia and what did this scientist find upon his arrival?

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