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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 3 Exposure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Peter Jahrling's tentative diagnosis of what is happening to the monkeys?
(a) Marburg.
(b) Ebola.
(c) Heat stroke.
(d) Simian hemorrhagic fever.

2. What is the genetic code of Ebola?
(a) A twisted strand of RNA and DNA.
(b) A single strand of RNA.
(c) Ten strands of different proteins.
(d) A single strand of DNA.

3. Where does Dr. David Silverstein live?
(a) Kinshasa.
(b) Reston, Virginia.
(c) Marburg, Germany.
(d) Nairobi.

4. What is the fatality rate of Ebola Sudan?
(a) Ninety percent.
(b) Fifty percent.
(c) Twenty five percent.
(d) Ten percent.

5. What is the fatality rate of Marburg virus?
(a) Ten percent.
(b) Ninety percent.
(c) Twenty five percent.
(d) One percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do elephants travel into Kitum Cave?

2. Where are most of the monkeys who die located?

3. What major metropolitan area is Reston, VA closest to?

4. Who did Peter Cardinal spend most of his time with while he was on vacation?

5. Who cultures the sample from Monkey 053?

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