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

2. What leader in infectious disease was called in to test the deadly virus against samples of thousands of viruses in his lab in Chapter 3: "Monkey Kidneys and the Ebbing Tides"?
(a) Daniel Elmer Salmon.
(b) Jodi Casals.
(c) Clint Nyamurkunge.
(d) Uwe Brinkmann.

3. Near what United States city is the CDC headquartered?
(a) Albany, NY.
(b) Atlanta, GA.
(c) Phoenix, AZ.
(d) Seattle, WA.

4. In what year was Joe McCormick in Brazil overseeing a massive meningitis outbreak?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1981.

5. In the beginning of Chapter 5: "Yambuku," the author describes a man in Yambuku who was treated for an illness like _____________.
(a) Malaria.
(b) Measles.
(c) Junin.
(d) Swine Flu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Adam Cargill go after being released from a holding facility in Chapter 4?

2. Who was treating Bernhard Mandrella for the Lassa virus when he met Kent Campbell?

3. The discovery of penicillin is attributed to what Scottish scientist?

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

5. In Chapter 6: "American Bicentennial," the author writes that the influenza virus developed mutation strategies that made ___________ nearly impossible.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the author describe the AIDS epidemic in the book's Introduction? What measures were taken to monitor the disease?

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

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

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

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

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

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