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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 1 Highway.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What room does Dalgard give the Army permission to enter and euthanize the monkeys?
(a) Room F.
(b) Room Z.
(c) Room A.
(d) Room H.

2. Where does Dalgard agree to deliver monkey samples to the team from USAMRIID?
(a) At the monkey house.
(b) At a gas station.
(c) At Hazleton main offices.
(d) At USAMRIID.

3. Where was the headquarters of Gene Johnson's Kitum Cave expedition?
(a) Nairobi Hospital.
(b) The Mount Elgon Lodge.
(c) The Kenya Medical Research Institute.
(d) Peter Cardinal's parents' home.

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

5. What is Joe McCormick's title?
(a) General Commander of USAMRIID.
(b) President of Disease Research at the CDC.
(c) Chief of the Special Pathogens branch of the CDC.
(d) Head virologist of the CDC.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "first line of defense" against a hot agent?

2. What is bacillus subtilis niger?

3. What does the word "filovirus" mean in Latin?

4. When Peters travels to exotic locales, what does he enjoy doing?

5. About how many cells does each slice of the sample Tom Geisbert makes with the diamond knife contain?

(see the answer key)

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