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

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

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

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?
(a) 14.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Author Laurie Garrett was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1996 for a series of works published in what publication?

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

3. When was penicillin first discovered?

4. In the Introduction, Laurie Garrett discusses the experiences of an uncle named ___________.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who wrote the book's Preface? What does the author relate to the reader about the message and subject of the book?

5. What backlash did the CDC meet after vaccinating against swine flu?

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 was the CDC's response to the swine flu epidemic? What resistance was met?

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

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

10. In Chapter 4, who was transported to Germany following infection of the Lassa virus?

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