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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. Why do elephants travel into Kitum Cave?
(a) To escape poachers.
(b) To have their babies.
(c) To get salt.
(d) To find water.

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

3. Who is the colony manger at the Reston Monkey House?
(a) Jerry Jaax.
(b) Shem Musoke.
(c) Dan Dalgard.
(d) Bill Volt.

4. What did the staff do at the hospital in Maridi that ended the outbreak of Ebola Sudan?
(a) They moved to Zaire.
(b) They got vaccinated.
(c) They consulted local tribal doctors.
(d) They all ran off into the bush.

5. What is Ebola virus named for?
(a) The Ebola Institute, where it was identified.
(b) Dr. Ebola, the person who first isolated it.
(c) John Ebola, the index case.
(d) The Ebola River.

Short Answer Questions

1. How big is a typical virus flask?

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

3. When Nancy and Jerry Jaax get promotions, where do they both end up working?

4. Where are Tom Geisbert's children staying?

5. What is a nickname for crab-eating monkeys?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Nancy angry with her father?

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

3. Describe what Tom Geisbert sees in his cell samples.

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

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

6. Describe "third spacing".

7. Why did Ebola Zaire affect mainly women?

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

9. What is veterinary pathology?

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

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