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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 is wrong with Nancy's father?
(a) He just lost his wife.
(b) His house has been burned down in a fire.
(c) He has been laid off from his job.
(d) He is dying of cancer.

2. What did Peter Jahrling ultimately realize had infected the monkeys?
(a) Marburg.
(b) HIV.
(c) Ebola Zaire.
(d) Simian hemorrhagic fever.

3. Why are the villagers of Kasensero famous?
(a) They have many doctors there.
(b) They are known as smugglers.
(c) They have found a cure for Ebola.
(d) Everyone is immune to Marburg virus.

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

5. Where are Tom Geisbert's children staying?
(a) With a babysitter.
(b) With his estranged wife.
(c) With his sister.
(d) With his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the nicknames of USAMRIID?

2. What is on Peter Jahrling's license plate?

3. How many new monkeys die at the monkey house over Thanksgiving?

4. What is the "first line of defense" against a hot agent?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain how viruses are both considered "alive" and "dead".

4. What disturbs Dan Dalgard at the end of Part 2, Chapter 2?

5. Describe the typical shapes of viruses and how Marburg compares to them.

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

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

8. What is a diamond knife?

9. Why is it not in the best interest of a virus to kill its host?

10. What are Geisbert's electron microscope photographs definitive proof of?

(see the answer keys)

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