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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the first person Dalgard calls after talking to Peter Jahrling?
(a) Nancy Jaax.
(b) Bill Volt.
(c) Tom Geisbert.
(d) C.J. Peters.

3. Who picked up the sample of Peter Cardinal's blood in Washington, DC?
(a) Jerry Jaax.
(b) Eugene Johnson.
(c) Tony Johnson.
(d) Nancy Jaax.

4. What kind of animal lived on the roof of Peter Cardinal's house?
(a) A weaverbird.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A rock hyrax.

5. When Nancy and Jerry Jaax get promotions, where do they both end up working?
(a) At the CDC.
(b) At the WHO.
(c) At the Institute for Chemical Defense.
(d) At USAMRIID.

6. Where are the Sese Islands?
(a) In the Atlantic Ocean.
(b) In the Indian Ocean.
(c) In the Pacific Ocean.
(d) In Lake Victoria.

7. Why can't Nancy work in Level 3?
(a) She can't tolerate the vaccines.
(b) She couldn't pass her written tests.
(c) She is afraid of needles.
(d) She can't keep up with the work and her family.

8. What is listed as Charles Monet's official cause of death?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Ebola virus.
(c) Fulminating liver failure.
(d) Catastrophic heart failure.

9. About how many cells does each slice of the sample Tom Geisbert makes with the diamond knife contain?
(a) About two.
(b) Ten thousand.
(c) One.
(d) One hundred.

10. Where did Peter Cardinal's parents live?
(a) Eldoret.
(b) Kisumu.
(c) Nzara.
(d) Nairobi.

11. What does Tom Geisbert think has infected his cells after looking at them through the electron microscope?
(a) Pseudomonas.
(b) Ebola.
(c) Marburg.
(d) Simian hemorrhagic fever.

12. Where are Tom Geisbert's children staying?
(a) With his estranged wife.
(b) With a babysitter.
(c) With his parents.
(d) With his sister.

13. Why do elephants travel into Kitum Cave?
(a) To escape poachers.
(b) To get salt.
(c) To have their babies.
(d) To find water.

14. Where does Dr. Peter Tukei work?
(a) The Kenya Medical Research Institute.
(b) At USAMRIID.
(c) For the CDC.
(d) Nairobi Hospital.

15. What major metropolitan area is Reston, VA closest to?
(a) Richmond, VA.
(b) Baltimore, MD.
(c) Raleigh, NC.
(d) Washington, DC.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the characteristic smell of pseudomonas?

2. Who does Dan Dalgard contact at USAMRIID?

3. What do people who have been confined to the Slammer receive when they get out?

4. What is Peter Jahrling's tentative diagnosis of what is happening to the monkeys?

5. What did the staff do at the hospital in Maridi that ended the outbreak of Ebola Sudan?

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