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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. Where did McCormick study human cases of Ebola?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Zaire.
(d) South Africa.

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

3. How long does it take for the frying pan treatment to decon the building?
(a) Twenty-four hours.
(b) One month,
(c) Three days.
(d) One week.

4. What does McCormick observe in the Ebola victims in the Zande village?
(a) Convulsions.
(b) Hemorrhages.
(c) Red eyes.
(d) All answers are correct.

5. What substance does Preston bring with him to help disinfect anything he might contaminate?
(a) Detergent.
(b) Bleach.
(c) A vial of an experimental vaccine.
(d) Envirochem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another name for the biocontainment pod?

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

3. How many bags of monkeys are given to the team from USAMRIID?

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

5. What paper is the newspaper article about the mission printed in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the evolution of the "AIDS Highway".

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

3. Why can't a security card be brought into the higher levels of a biosafety lab?

4. What is the Army's policy about hazard pay for biohazard work?

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

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

7. What is ironic about the position that C.J. Peters leaves USAMRIID for?

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

9. What is the compromise that the CDC and USAMRIID come up with?

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

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