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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was the index case of Ebola Sudan?
(a) Charles Monet.
(b) Mr. P. G.
(c) Heinrich P.
(d) Mr. Yu G.

4. Why does Jahrling originally think the samples are NOT Marburg?
(a) The particles appear too long.
(b) The particles are loops.
(c) The particles are too short.
(d) The particles are the wrong color.

5. What pet lives with Nancy and her family?
(a) A python.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) A dog.
(d) A parrot.

6. What state is Nancy Jaax from?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) California.
(d) Utah.

7. What does it mean to put a sample "in the beam"?
(a) To look at it through a light microscope.
(b) To cut it in half.
(c) To look at it through an electron microscope.
(d) To spin it in a centrifuge.

8. What is a nickname for crab-eating monkeys?
(a) Weaver monkeys.
(b) Medical monkeys.
(c) Fish monkeys.
(d) Kras.

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

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

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

12. What do people who have been confined to the Slammer receive when they get out?
(a) A sample of their own blood.
(b) A certificate of good health.
(c) A medal.
(d) A cake.

13. When Peters travels to exotic locales, what does he enjoy doing?
(a) Meeting the local health professionals.
(b) Finding the best local herbal remedies.
(c) Learning the local dialect.
(d) Eating whatever the locals eat.

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

15. Where are all of the monkeys euthanized?
(a) Room A.
(b) Room F.
(c) USAMRIID.
(d) Room X.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the villagers of Kasensero famous?

2. Why can't Nancy work in Level 3?

3. What are "bricks"?

4. What is the genetic code of Ebola?

5. What is the fatality rate of Marburg virus?

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