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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. What is a nickname for crab-eating monkeys?

2. Who was the index case of Ebola Sudan?

3. What is the Boniface strain a test for?

4. What is on the brush Tom Geisbert uses to fish out the sample slices?

5. What level of biolab are Tom and Peter examining the sample in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about the house where Nancy Jaax lives?

2. Describe "third spacing".

3. What does Nancy Jaax do in Gene Johnson's lab?

4. How does Nancy Jaax's hobby help her confidence?

5. How does Preston distinguish parasites from predators?

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

7. Describe the behavior of the weaverbirds on page 5. What about their behavior would make them interesting to an epidemiologist?

8. Compare Peter Jahrling's and Gene Johnson's offices.

9. What are the results of the three tests that Jahrling runs on the monkey samples?

10. What is the military and political crisis that Peters worries about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On page 228, General Russell explains that he wants soldiers with certain qualifications for the biocontainment mission at Reston.

a. What are the qualifications for the soldiers who will be doing the biohazard containment work?

b. Why are those qualifications chosen?

Essay Topic 2

Read the quote from Killer Angels, Michael Shaara's novel about the Civil War, on pages 237-238 of the Hot Zone:

"To be a good soldier you must love the army. But to be a good officer you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love. This is...a very hard thing to do. No other profession requires it. That is one reason why there are so few very good officers. Although there are many good men."

a. What does the quote say about the difference between soldiers and officers?

b. Why is this quote so significant to Jerry Jaax?

Essay Topic 3

Many emerging viruses come from Africa, and have affected Africans for centuries. Still, they were not officially identified until Americans or Europeans were affected by them.

a. Why do you think this is?

b. Explain at least two examples of this from the book.

c. Do you think this will help or hinder the search for the natural host of Ebola?

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