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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 does C.J. Peters suggest Nancy do?
(a) Quit her job.
(b) Stay and continue working on the outbreak.
(c) Go to Kansas to be with her father.
(d) Stay home with her kids for a few days.

2. What do all four monkey caretakers in the monkey house have in common?
(a) All show symptoms of having Ebola.
(b) All eventually contract another fatal virus.
(c) All eventually test positive for Ebola Reston.
(d) All answers are correct.

3. Why does Jerry not allow Swiderski to go on the mission?
(a) She is only eighteen.
(b) She doesn't want to go.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She has never worn a biohazard suit.

4. Why is the road to Mt. Elgon so familiar to the author?
(a) He saw many photographs of the area during his research.
(b) He had traveled there a lot in his work.
(c) He lived in Africa for a time as a child.
(d) Gene Johnson had given him a vivid image of the area.

5. What is Ian Redmond's theory about Kitum Cave?
(a) That it no longer holds any infectious viruses.
(b) That it was carved by elephants.
(c) That it is the birthplace of HIV.
(d) That it will eventually collapse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of men and women of child-bearing age who live around Mt. Elgon are thought to be HIV-positive?

2. What does the monkey's spleen look like?

3. What does MacDonald say is missing in the forests of Mount Elgon?

4. Who does Dalgard not invite into the monkey house to survey the scene?

5. What has happened to Jerry after his first day in the monkey house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the memory that Nancy has of her father and her childhood?

2. Even though C.J. Peters has a strong dislike for Joe McCormick, why does he also respect him?

3. Why is there no known video footage of the Reston mission?

4. Why does Preston characterize the emergence of HIV as "subtle"?

5. Why does Peters select Jerry Jaax to lead the mission into the monkey house?

6. Why is Joe McCormick critical of the way USAMRIID had handled Ebola research in the past?

7. What are the three methods of stopping a virus?

8. Describe the close calls that Gene Johnson has had with Level 4 hot agents.

9. Why does the Kenyan government require that all visitors to Mount Elgon have an armed guard?

10. What are three reasons that Jerry chooses Captain Mark Haines to enter the building first with him?

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