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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. Who worked in the Yambuku Mission Hospital?
(a) Belgian nuns.
(b) The Zairean military.
(c) The government.
(d) Spanish doctors.

2. Why does Nancy's father want to go to Mexico?
(a) To find a new wife.
(b) To find a cure for his cancer.
(c) To retire.
(d) To find a new job.

3. What is a rongeur used for?
(a) To disinfect a person's hand.
(b) To euthanize monkeys.
(c) To sterilize needles.
(d) To open skulls.

4. How many monkeys are imported into the United States each year for medical research?
(a) Twenty five hundred.
(b) One million.
(c) Sixteen thousand.
(d) One hundred.

5. What is Tom Geisbert's job at the Institute?
(a) Security guard.
(b) Electron microscope operator.
(c) Director of Veterinary Pathology.
(d) Biochemist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Peter Cardinal's doctor at Nairobi Hospital?

2. How many children does Nancy Jaax have?

3. What do the initials USAMRIID stand for?

4. Who cultures the sample from Monkey 053?

5. What level of biolab are Tom and Peter examining the sample in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is pseudomonas?

3. What is the military and political crisis that Peters worries about?

4. Why did Ebola Zaire affect mainly women?

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

6. What is unusual about the house where Nancy Jaax lives?

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

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

9. Why is Nancy angry with her father?

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

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