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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Rhonda's dream, what is the monkey holding in its hand?
(a) A monkey biscuit.
(b) A syringe.
(c) A vial of Ebola.
(d) A face mask.

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

3. Who is the person who first photographed the Ebola virus?
(a) Frederick Murphy.
(b) Gene Johnson.
(c) Nancy Jaax.
(d) Tom Geisbert.

4. What must all of the animal caretakers at the monkey house now wear?
(a) Racal suits.
(b) Chemturion suits.
(c) Surgical scrubs.
(d) Respirators.

5. Who does C.J. Peters run into in front of the monkey house?
(a) Someone from the WHO.
(b) Someone from the CDC.
(c) A monkey caretaker who has gotten sick.
(d) A reporter from the Washington Post.

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

7. What is an "askari"?
(a) An armed guard.
(b) A safari guide.
(c) A priest.
(d) A local health official.

8. How does McCormick try to get "cured" from his possible infection?
(a) A controversial vaccine.
(b) By drinking Scotch.
(c) Through a transfusion of blood from Ebola survivors.
(d) A local herbal remedy.

9. What does Rhonda Williams not like about working on the "bleed table"?
(a) She doesn't like needles.
(b) The monkeys' eyes are open.
(c) She can't stand the sight of blood.
(d) She doesn't like working with Captain Haines.

10. What happens in the monkey house a month after the building was deconned?
(a) A caretaker crashes and bleeds out.
(b) Bill Volt fires all of the employees.
(c) More monkeys begin dying of Ebola.
(d) A new strain of Marburg emerges.

11. Why do the Army, the CDC, and Hazleton decide to let the virus run its course?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Because they don't want any more people with space suits in their building.
(c) Because there haven't been any human casualties.
(d) Because they want to save some of the monkeys.

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

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

14. Dalgard is worried that whom may have been exposed to the hot agent in the monkey house?
(a) A telephone repairman.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Workers on the air handling system.
(d) Employees from the laundry service.

15. What does McCormick observe in the Ebola victims in the Zande village?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Convulsions.
(c) Hemorrhages.
(d) Red eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness do the symptoms of the monkeys remind Jerry of?

2. What infectious virus has Peters studied in Bolivia?

3. Why does Milton Frantig apologize to Dalgard?

4. What do all four monkey caretakers in the monkey house have in common?

5. What is in the syringes that the 91-Tangos are using?

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