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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 monkeys are still inside the monkey house?
(a) A thousand.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Five hundred.

2. Who is the commander of the United States Army Medical Research and Development Command?
(a) David Huxsoll.
(b) C.J. Peters.
(c) Jerry Jaax.
(d) Philip K. Russell.

3. How does McCormick try to get "cured" from his possible infection?
(a) A controversial vaccine.
(b) By drinking Scotch.
(c) Through a transfusion of blood from Ebola survivors.
(d) A local herbal remedy.

4. What percentage of men and women of child-bearing age who live around Mt. Elgon are thought to be HIV-positive?
(a) Ninety percent.
(b) Five percent.
(c) Thirty percent.
(d) Fifty percent.

5. Who does C.J. Peters run into in front of the monkey house?
(a) Someone from the WHO.
(b) Someone from the CDC.
(c) A monkey caretaker who has gotten sick.
(d) A reporter from the Washington Post.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is found in the woods behind the monkey house?

2. What room does Dalgard give the Army permission to enter and euthanize the monkeys?

3. What is in the syringes that the 91-Tangos are using?

4. Who becomes the designated team leader for USAMRIID's biohazard mission into the monkey house?

5. Who decides he is not going to go inside the monkey house because he cannot bear to see monkeys die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the virus in the monkeys like the Andromeda Strain?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Nancy Jaax explain her belief that Ebola is airborne?

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

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