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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the initials USAMRIID stand for?
(a) United States of America Reconnaissance and Investigation of Infection and Disease.
(b) United States Army Major Research and Investigation Division.
(c) United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.
(d) United States of America Medical Research and Investigative Department.

2. Why do Charles Monet and his lady friend travel to Kitum Cave?
(a) In order to get married.
(b) For New Year's.
(c) They are running from the law.
(d) It is a business trip.

3. What are the classic signs of Ebola in all primates?
(a) A masklike face.
(b) A bloody nose.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Red eyes.

4. What is a nickname for crab-eating monkeys?
(a) Medical monkeys.
(b) Fish monkeys.
(c) Kras.
(d) Weaver monkeys.

5. What is the name of the doctor who treats Charles Monet?
(a) Johnnie.
(b) Peter Cardinal.
(c) Nancy Jaax.
(d) Shem Musoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease does Dan Dalgard think the dead monkeys contracted?

2. What is the Boniface strain a test for?

3. Where did the Jaaxes spend Thanksgiving?

4. What are "inclusion bodies"?

5. Which fort are Nancy and Jerry Jaax assigned to in the Army?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can't a monkey be autopsied in front of other monkeys?

2. Describe the behavior of the weaverbirds on page 5. What about their behavior would make them interesting to an epidemiologist?

3. Why are crab-eating macaques described as "competitors" of humans in their natural environment?

4. Why is Nancy angry with her father?

5. Describe "third spacing".

6. Why is Dan Dalgard uneasy at the end of Part 2 Chapter 4?

7. What is pseudomonas?

8. How does Nancy Jaax's hobby help her confidence?

9. What is the difference between an electron and a light microscope?

10. Why did Ebola Zaire affect mainly women?

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