The Hot Zone Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Richard Preston
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Hot Zone Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What disease did Peter Cardinal die from?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Ebola.
(c) Marburg.
(d) Heart disease.

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

4. Who is another prime candidate that the scientists fear might break with Marburg?
(a) Dan Dalgard.
(b) Nancy Jaax.
(c) Gene Johnson.
(d) Jerry Jaax.

5. Why did Peter Cardinal want to go to Kitum Cave?
(a) To practice his caving skills.
(b) To photograph elephants.
(c) To see bats.
(d) To collect crystals.

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

7. Where does Jahrling go to view the samples of monkey virus?
(a) His car.
(b) A storage closet.
(c) His home office.
(d) C.J. Peters' office.

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

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

10. Where did the first identified victims of Marburg virus work?
(a) In a factory that made vaccines.
(b) As monkey traders.
(c) In a sugar factory.
(d) At USAMRIID.

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

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

13. Where did the Jaaxes spend Thanksgiving?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Florida.
(c) USAMRIID.
(d) Kansas.

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

15. What is the genetic code of Ebola?
(a) A single strand of RNA.
(b) A twisted strand of RNA and DNA.
(c) Ten strands of different proteins.
(d) A single strand of DNA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are red eyes often a sign of?

2. What color is a Racal suit?

3. Where did Jerry and Nancy Jaax meet?

4. Where are all of the monkeys euthanized?

5. Who is the strain of Ebola Zaire in the U.S. Army's freezers named after?

(see the answer keys)

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