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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. In Russia, a poor health care system that was impoverished following the fall of Communism forced the reuse of _______________.
(a) Transfusion apparatus.
(b) Syringes.
(c) Specimen vials.
(d) Surgical gloves.

2. In Chapter 8: "Revolution," the author writes that the medical field discovered _____________, causing things to drastically change.
(a) Government subsidies.
(b) Vaccinations.
(c) Insurance loopholes.
(d) Genetic engineering.

3. In Chapter 10: "Distant Thunder," the author writes that Harvey Milk was assassinated in what year?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1985.

4. Lyme disease was first discovered when a number of cases were identified in what year?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1975.

5. Lyme disease is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to what genus?
(a) Borrelia.
(b) Pneumocystis.
(c) Schistosomiasis.
(d) Junin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surgeon traveled to the capital of Uganda only to discover that their virus matched the AIDS epidemic?

2. French and Belgium scientists began to suspect the AIDS disease was a virus with what origins?

3. In Chapter 13: "Revenge of the Germs," by what year were many viruses resistant to antibiotics, including the staph infection?

4. What disease did children with malaria contract after being required to have nearly complete blood transfusions?

5. The Aswan High Dam was constructed during what decade?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the impact of tuberculosis in America? What improved conditions?

2. How does the author describe the outbreak of Lyme disease? How did human interaction impact the disease?

3. What were the reasons that poverty stricken areas encouraged drug resistant bacteria?

4. How does the author describe the Rivet Hypothesis in Chapter 16?

5. When was the hantavirus first discovered? What was the source of the epidemics?

6. How did many nations respond to the AIDS epidemic?

7. What led to the outbreak of AIDS in Uganda? What was the impact of AIDS there?

8. What obstacles did Joe McCormick find in the fight against the Lassa virus?

9. With whom did Joe McCormick meet to discuss the Lassa virus? What was this relationship like?

10. How did drug use perpetuate the spread of AIDS?

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