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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the index case of Ebola Sudan?

2. Why does Jahrling originally think the samples are NOT Marburg?

3. What is Ebola virus named for?

4. Where had Peter Cardinal and Charles Monet both been before they got sick?

5. Where was the headquarters of Gene Johnson's Kitum Cave expedition?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how viruses are both considered "alive" and "dead".

2. Why are crab-eating macaques described as "competitors" of humans in their natural environment?

3. Describe what Tom Geisbert sees in his cell samples.

4. Why is it not in the best interest of a virus to kill its host?

5. What disturbs Dan Dalgard at the end of Part 2, Chapter 2?

6. Why is Nancy angry with her father?

7. What is pseudomonas?

8. What is the difference between an electron and a light microscope?

9. Why are the workers burning the fields? What impact could this have on the migration of microbes and the biodiversity of an area?

10. How does the mixing of monkey species relate to the idea of HIV's origin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Preston compares HIV to Ebola throughout the book. Find examples of this comparison in the text and then compare and contrast the two diseases in the following areas:

- Methods of transmission

- How they developed and emerged from the rain forest

- Their fatality and infection rates

Make sure you explain the similarities and differences of each one, and explain how epidemiologists worked to find the origin of each.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book, different characters must confront the conflict between wanting to keep animals healthy and having to harm animals sometimes in their pursuit of scientific research. Examine at least three examples of this in the text. Describe the situations, and then write about how you would deal with this conflict. Do you think this is ethical behavior? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Summarize how USAMRIID organize and execute the biocontainment procedure at Reston.

a. What do they do well?

b. What mistakes are made?

c. Do you agree or disagree with how they handle the media?

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