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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Preston give for visiting Kitum Cave?
(a) He wants to interview the locals.
(b) He wants to take samples of the crystals.
(c) He wants to look around.
(d) He wants to take samples of guano.

2. What does Jerry tell Nancy about his day?
(a) No one had stuck themselves with a needle.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) It had gone well.
(d) It was lonely.

3. What is the mandate of the CDC?
(a) To control human disease.
(b) To control disease in animals.
(c) To publish research papers on unusual diseases.
(d) To deal with biowarfare threats.

4. What is Joe McCormick's title?
(a) Head virologist of the CDC.
(b) Chief of the Special Pathogens branch of the CDC.
(c) President of Disease Research at the CDC.
(d) General Commander of USAMRIID.

5. What do USAMRIID scientists eventually conclude about Ebola?
(a) It will never infect humans again.
(b) It cannot spread through the air.
(c) It has mutated to only infect humans.
(d) It can spread through the air.

6. Who does Dalgard not invite into the monkey house to survey the scene?
(a) C.J. Peters.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Nancy Jaax.
(d) Joe McCormick.

7. Who does C.J. Peters select to lead the mission into the monkey house?
(a) Peter Jahrling.
(b) Joe McCormick.
(c) Jerry Jaax.
(d) Nancy Jaax.

8. What infectious virus has Peters studied in Bolivia?
(a) Marburg.
(b) Machupo.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Ebola.

9. Where does the group stop for beer and charcoal?
(a) Nzara.
(b) Kitale.
(c) Kasensero.
(d) Kisumu.

10. What is Milton Frantig's diagnosis?
(a) He has Marburg.
(b) He has the flu.
(c) He has a human variant of simian hemorrhagic fever.
(d) He has Ebola.

11. Where does C.J. Peters believe that Frantig should be taken for treatment?
(a) The Slammer.
(b) In the monkey house.
(c) A local hospital.
(d) CDC headquarters.

12. What does Frantig's condition make Dalgard decide to do?
(a) Hand over the mission to the CDC.
(b) Call off the biocontainment mission.
(c) Evacuate the building of the monkey workers.
(d) Quit his job.

13. Who becomes the designated team leader for USAMRIID's biohazard mission into the monkey house?
(a) C.J. Peters.
(b) Tom Geisbert.
(c) Gene Johnson.
(d) Nancy Jaax.

14. Who follows the ambulance that leaves the monkey house?
(a) Jerry and Nancy Jaax.
(b) Officials from USAMRIID.
(c) The news media.
(d) Officials from the CDC.

15. Where has the gear and equipment used for the Reston mission been used before?
(a) In Sudan.
(b) At the CDC.
(c) Kitum Cave.
(d) A monkey house in Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Milton Frantig apologize to Dalgard?

2. What substance does Preston bring with him to help disinfect anything he might contaminate?

3. How many monkeys are still inside the monkey house?

4. What does MacDonald say is missing in the forests of Mount Elgon?

5. Why does Jerry not allow Swiderski to go on the mission?

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