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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What paper is the newspaper article about the mission printed in?
(a) The Reston Connection.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) USA Today.

2. Who is Nancy's buddy in the Level 4 lab?
(a) C.J. Peters
(b) Jerry Jaax.
(c) Ron Trotter.
(d) Peter Jahrling.

3. What illness do the symptoms of the monkeys remind Jerry of?
(a) The flu.
(b) HIV.
(c) Rabies.
(d) Simian hemorrhagic fever.

4. Why does Jerry not allow Swiderski to go on the mission?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She has never worn a biohazard suit.
(c) She is only eighteen.
(d) She doesn't want to go.

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

6. Who decides he is not going to go inside the monkey house because he cannot bear to see monkeys die?
(a) Gene Johnson.
(b) Dan Dalgard.
(c) Jerry Jaax.
(d) Bill Volt.

7. What do the eyes of the monkey that Nancy is cutting open look like?
(a) They are red.
(b) They have unusually dilated pupils.
(c) They are normal.
(d) They are yellow.

8. Where does Dalgard agree to deliver monkey samples to the team from USAMRIID?
(a) At the monkey house.
(b) At USAMRIID.
(c) At Hazleton main offices.
(d) At a gas station.

9. How many bags of monkeys are given to the team from USAMRIID?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Seven.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

10. What bothers Charlotte Godwin most about the monkey house?
(a) The smell.
(b) The heat.
(c) The noise.
(d) The quiet.

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

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

13. What is bacillus subtilis niger?
(a) A deadly bacteria with effects similar to Ebola.
(b) A bacteria that emits noxious fumes.
(c) A harmless, but tough to kill bacteria.
(d) A bacteria that acts like bleach.

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

15. How long does it take for the frying pan treatment to decon the building?
(a) Three days.
(b) One week.
(c) One month,
(d) Twenty-four hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bill Volt offer to Gene Johnson and Sergeant Klages when they visited on their reconnaissance mission that bothered the two men?

2. What is Ian Redmond's theory about Kitum Cave?

3. What does Frantig's condition make Dalgard decide to do?

4. Who was Nancy Jaax's collaborator in her experiments to see if Ebola was airborne?

5. Where does C.J. Peters believe that Frantig should be taken for treatment?

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