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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is a Racal suit?
(a) Blue.
(b) Orange.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

2. Where is Charles Monet originally from?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) South Africa.
(d) The United States.

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

4. What level of biolab are Tom and Peter examining the sample in?
(a) Level 3.
(b) Level 0.
(c) Level 1.
(d) Level 4.

5. How many biocontainment levels are in USAMRIID?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Four.

6. Where had Peter Cardinal and Charles Monet both been before they got sick?
(a) Kitum Cave.
(b) Lake Victoria.
(c) The Kinshasa Highway.
(d) The Nzoia River.

7. What did Peter Jahrling ultimately realize had infected the monkeys?
(a) Marburg.
(b) Ebola Zaire.
(c) HIV.
(d) Simian hemorrhagic fever.

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

9. What is on the brush Tom Geisbert uses to fish out the sample slices?
(a) A piece of thread.
(b) A monkey hair.
(c) A diamond.
(d) A human eyelash.

10. What is Ebola virus named for?
(a) The Ebola River.
(b) The Ebola Institute, where it was identified.
(c) Dr. Ebola, the person who first isolated it.
(d) John Ebola, the index case.

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

12. What other disease does Peters suggest Jahrling test the sample for?
(a) Ebola.
(b) Pseudomonas.
(c) Simian hemorrhagic fever.
(d) HIV.

13. What is Colonel C.J. Peters' official title at USAMRIID?
(a) Chief of pathology.
(b) Chief of the disease-assessment division.
(c) Chief of disease containment.
(d) Chief of virology.

14. What is Tom Geisbert's job at the Institute?
(a) Electron microscope operator.
(b) Biochemist.
(c) Security guard.
(d) Director of Veterinary Pathology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are all of the monkeys euthanized?

2. Where are the Sese Islands?

3. What does Tom Geisbert realize the "pepper" is that he sees in the cells?

4. How many new monkeys die at the monkey house over Thanksgiving?

5. Why are the villagers of Kasensero famous?

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