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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in the syringes that the 91-Tangos are using?
(a) An experimental vaccine.
(b) Antibiotics.
(c) Ketamine.
(d) All answers are correct.

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

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

4. What percentage of men and women of child-bearing age who live around Mt. Elgon are thought to be HIV-positive?
(a) Five percent.
(b) Thirty percent.
(c) Ninety percent.
(d) Fifty percent.

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

6. What do all four monkey caretakers in the monkey house have in common?
(a) All eventually test positive for Ebola Reston.
(b) All eventually contract another fatal virus.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) All show symptoms of having Ebola.

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

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

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

10. What do Jerry Jaax and Mark Haines wear for their work in the monkey house?
(a) Blue Chemturion suits.
(b) Army fatigues.
(c) Orange Racal suits.
(d) Medical scrubs only.

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

12. About how many elephants make up the Mount Elgon herd?
(a) Ten.
(b) One thousand.
(c) Two hundred.
(d) Seventy.

13. Why is the road to Mt. Elgon so familiar to the author?
(a) He had traveled there a lot in his work.
(b) He lived in Africa for a time as a child.
(c) He saw many photographs of the area during his research.
(d) Gene Johnson had given him a vivid image of the area.

14. What does C.J. Peters suggest Nancy do?
(a) Stay and continue working on the outbreak.
(b) Quit her job.
(c) Go to Kansas to be with her father.
(d) Stay home with her kids for a few days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do USAMRIID scientists eventually conclude about Ebola?

2. What is Robin MacDonald's profession?

3. Why do the Army, the CDC, and Hazleton decide to let the virus run its course?

4. Where does the team of 91-Tangos get dinner?

5. What is another name for the biocontainment pod?

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