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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. Where does Jahrling go to view the samples of monkey virus?
(a) A storage closet.
(b) C.J. Peters' office.
(c) His home office.
(d) His car.

2. What is on Peter Jahrling's license plate?
(a) MARBURG.
(b) EBOLA.
(c) LASSA.
(d) VRS HNTR.

3. What major metropolitan area is Reston, VA closest to?
(a) Baltimore, MD.
(b) Raleigh, NC.
(c) Richmond, VA.
(d) Washington, DC.

4. What does it mean to put a sample "in the beam"?
(a) To look at it through an electron microscope.
(b) To spin it in a centrifuge.
(c) To cut it in half.
(d) To look at it through a light microscope.

5. Who cultures the sample from Monkey 053?
(a) Joan Rhoderick.
(b) Tom Geisbert.
(c) Nancy Jaax.
(d) Jerry Jaax.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a rongeur used for?

2. What is Peter Jahrling's tentative diagnosis of what is happening to the monkeys?

3. What is Colonel C.J. Peters' official title at USAMRIID?

4. What does Jahrling tell Dalgard is "definitely" present in the monkey house?

5. Why do Charles Monet and his lady friend travel to Kitum Cave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What irritates and concerns Peter Jahrling about the samples that Dan Dalgard sends him?

2. Compare Peter Jahrling's and Gene Johnson's offices.

3. What is pseudomonas?

4. What is Nancy Jaax's dilemma as a veterinarian and as a scientist?

5. What does Nancy Jaax do in Gene Johnson's lab?

6. What are sentinel animals used for?

7. Why is Nancy angry with her father?

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

9. How does Preston distinguish parasites from predators?

10. How does the mixing of monkey species relate to the idea of HIV's origin?

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