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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. How many workers are employed in the building during the mission?
(a) Four.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Two.

2. About how many elephants make up the Mount Elgon herd?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) Seventy.
(d) One thousand.

3. 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.

4. What do Jerry Jaax and Mark Haines wear for their work in the monkey house?
(a) Orange Racal suits.
(b) Medical scrubs only.
(c) Blue Chemturion suits.
(d) Army fatigues.

5. What paper is the newspaper article about the mission printed in?
(a) The Reston Connection.
(b) USA Today.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Washington Post.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did McCormick study human cases of Ebola?

2. Where does the team of 91-Tangos get dinner?

3. Finish this sentence: At the end of the decon process, the monkey house was the only place on earth where: ___________________________.

4. During the second Reston outbreak, what does the CDC do?

5. What do USAMRIID scientists eventually conclude about Ebola?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Nancy and C.J. not ask for respirators when they go to visit the monkey house?

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

3. What does Preston carry in his backpack that no one else knows about?

4. Why does Nancy Jaax refuse to transport the dead monkeys?

5. When euthanizing a monkey, why is it better to puncture the heart?

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

7. Why does Gene Johnson supply the team with short-wave radios?

8. Why does the team from USAMRIID decide to wear civilian clothes?

9. Why doesn't Jerry like the idea of shooting the loose monkey?

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

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