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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are 91-Tangos?
(a) Biohazard specialists.
(b) Army animal-care technicians.
(c) Part-time Hazleton employees.
(d) All answers are correct.

2. What is the name of the rapid Ebola test developed by the Army?
(a) T-61 test.
(b) Ksiazek test.
(c) Tango test.
(d) Elisa test.

3. What does the monkey's spleen look like?
(a) It is tough.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) It is leathery.
(d) It is puffed up.

4. Why is McCormick afraid he has been infected?
(a) He stabbed himself with a needle used on an infected woman.
(b) He shared food with the patients.
(c) He prepared the dead bodies for burial.
(d) He breathed the same air as the Ebola patients.

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

6. What does the monkey's intestine look like?
(a) It is full of blood.
(b) It has hemorrhaged.
(c) It is normal.
(d) It is torn.

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

8. What are all laboratory beakers in a hot zone made of?
(a) Chemturion.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Glass.
(d) Silicone.

9. Where does the team of 91-Tangos get dinner?
(a) Dan Dalgard prepares the meal.
(b) The CDC caters a meal for them.
(c) At Taco Bell.
(d) From USAMRIID.

10. How has the area around Mt. Elgon changed since McDonald was a boy?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Travel took a lot longer.
(c) There wasn't corn everywhere.
(d) The land was all forest and grassland.

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

12. Who is the commander of USAMRIID?
(a) Jerry Jaax.
(b) David Huxsoll.
(c) C.J. Peters.
(d) Philip K. Russell.

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

14. How much do the 91-Tangos get paid?
(a) They work for free.
(b) Seven dollars an hour.
(c) Fifty dollars an hour.
(d) Ten dollars an hour.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many elephants make up the Mount Elgon herd?

2. What paper is the newspaper article about the mission printed in?

3. Where has the gear and equipment used for the Reston mission been used before?

4. Who does C.J. Peters select to lead the mission into the monkey house?

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

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