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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. About how many cells does each slice of the sample Tom Geisbert makes with the diamond knife contain?

2. What is Ebola virus named for?

3. Where are most of the monkeys who die located?

4. Who is the colony manger at the Reston Monkey House?

5. What is the "first line of defense" against a hot agent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can't a monkey be autopsied in front of other monkeys?

2. Describe "third spacing".

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

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

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

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

7. Why is Dan Dalgard uneasy at the end of Part 2 Chapter 4?

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

9. Why did Ebola Zaire affect mainly women?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the importance of the Rift Valley in the evolution and development of humans? How have environmental changes in this area of the world possibly contributed to the spread of disease? What, if anything, can be done to reverse these trends?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Charles Monet, Peter Cardinal, Mr. Yu G., and P.G. What is similar in their characters and what is different? How do these similarities and differences affect their fates? How does it affect how they become infected in the first place? Explain why you think Preston chose each of these characters for case studies in the book.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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