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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the colony manger at the Reston Monkey House?
(a) Jerry Jaax.
(b) Bill Volt.
(c) Shem Musoke.
(d) Dan Dalgard.

2. What are "bricks"?
(a) Cell nucleoids.
(b) Crystalloids of virus ready to hatch.
(c) Cracks in the cell.
(d) Proteins.

3. How many monkeys are imported into the United States each year for medical research?
(a) Twenty five hundred.
(b) Sixteen thousand.
(c) One million.
(d) One hundred.

4. What is Peter Jahrling's tentative diagnosis of what is happening to the monkeys?
(a) Ebola.
(b) Marburg.
(c) Simian hemorrhagic fever.
(d) Heat stroke.

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

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

7. How many children does Nancy Jaax have?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

8. What do the initials USAMRIID stand for?
(a) United States Army Major Research and Investigation Division.
(b) United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.
(c) United States of America Reconnaissance and Investigation of Infection and Disease.
(d) United States of America Medical Research and Investigative Department.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are viruses made of?

2. What other disease does Peters suggest Jahrling test the sample for?

3. What does it mean to put a sample "in the beam"?

4. What is listed as Charles Monet's official cause of death?

5. What pet lives with Nancy and her family?

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