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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 is another name for the biocontainment pod?
(a) Portable slammer.
(b) Ambulance.
(c) A bubble stretcher.
(d) A refrigerator truck.

2. How does Dalgard instruct his staff they should treat the blood and tissue samples?
(a) As if they were HIV.
(b) As if they were infected with bacteria.
(c) As if they were a deadly Level 4 hot virus.
(d) Without any special precautions.

3. What must all of the animal caretakers at the monkey house now wear?
(a) Racal suits.
(b) Respirators.
(c) Chemturion suits.
(d) Surgical scrubs.

4. What is the mandate of the CDC?
(a) To control human disease.
(b) To control disease in animals.
(c) To publish research papers on unusual diseases.
(d) To deal with biowarfare threats.

5. How has the area around Mt. Elgon changed since McDonald was a boy?
(a) There wasn't corn everywhere.
(b) Travel took a lot longer.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) The land was all forest and grassland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the commander of USAMRIID?

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

3. How are the trunks of Gene Johnson's gear transported to Reston?

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

5. What has happened to one of the animal caretakers in the monkey house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the results of Nancy's examination of the monkey's stomach?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why is USAMRIID upset with what the CDC decides to do with John Coleus?

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