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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 3 91-Tangos.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disease does Dan Dalgard think the dead monkeys contracted?
(a) Simian hemorrhagic fever.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Ebola.

2. How does Dalgard instruct his staff they should treat the blood and tissue samples?
(a) As if they were HIV.
(b) As if they were a deadly Level 4 hot virus.
(c) As if they were infected with bacteria.
(d) Without any special precautions.

3. What is the "first line of defense" against a hot agent?
(a) A vaccine.
(b) Bleach.
(c) Sticky tape.
(d) Water.

4. What are "bricks"?
(a) Proteins.
(b) Crystalloids of virus ready to hatch.
(c) Cracks in the cell.
(d) Cell nucleoids.

5. What does the word "filovirus" mean in Latin?
(a) Ring virus.
(b) Deadly virus.
(c) Harmless virus.
(d) Thread virus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Peter Cardinal's doctor at Nairobi Hospital?

2. What is the characteristic smell of pseudomonas?

3. What is the fatality rate of Ebola virus?

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

5. Where did the Jaaxes spend Thanksgiving?

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