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

2. Bernhard Mandrella treated a coworker and sent blood which confirmed the Lassa virus to __________.
(a) The WHO.
(b) The CDC.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The CIA.

3. Chapter 1: "Machupo," Karl Johnson found himself deathly ill with what disease?
(a) Pneumocystis pneumonia.
(b) Bolivian hemorrhagic fever.
(c) Schistosomiasis.
(d) Yellow fever.

4. By what decade does the author write that AIDS was an epidemic in the book's Introduction?
(a) 1970's.
(b) 1950's.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1960's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 2: "Health Transition," the efforts to eradicate _______ actually made the disease more rampant.

2. In the Introduction, Laurie Garrett discusses the experiences of her uncle who was a doctor in what year?

3. Researchers were able to track the outbreak of the Lassa virus to a woman from ______________.

4. 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?

5. The yellow fever epidemic was rampant in areas of West Africa and was spread by what insect?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is modernization defined? What are the effects of modernization according to the author in the Introduction?

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

4. How does the author describe the initial outbreak of Marburg disease? What were the symptoms of the disease?

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

6. What is the central focus of The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance? What is the author's message to the reader as established in the Preface and Introduction?

7. What did Karl Johnson's team discover to be the source of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever? What was done to eradicate the disease?

8. With whom did Karl Johnson work to develop a safety measure for the doctors in Bolivia in Chapter 1: "Machupo"? What was found in San Joaquin?

9. What did the World Health Organization discover to be the source of the Marburg disease? Who was called in for further research?

10. Where was Peter Piot sent to research Ebola? Who worked with the CDC in Atlanta?

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