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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 has the gear and equipment used for the Reston mission been used before?
(a) In Sudan.
(b) At the CDC.
(c) A monkey house in Pennsylvania.
(d) Kitum Cave.

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

3. Where do monkeys tend to aim when they spit at you?
(a) Your face.
(b) Your feet.
(c) Your hands.
(d) Your back.

4. What do the eyes of the monkey that Nancy is cutting open look like?
(a) They are yellow.
(b) They are red.
(c) They have unusually dilated pupils.
(d) They are normal.

5. What does Jerry tell Nancy about his day?
(a) It had gone well.
(b) No one had stuck themselves with a needle.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) It was lonely.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How has the area around Mt. Elgon changed since McDonald was a boy?

3. Where does Dalgard agree to deliver monkey samples to the team from USAMRIID?

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

5. What happens in the monkey house a month after the building was deconned?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the remaining monkey workers leave the monkey house for good?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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