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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. Which fort are Nancy and Jerry Jaax assigned to in the Army?

2. What is wrong with Nancy's father?

3. How many new monkeys die at the monkey house over Thanksgiving?

4. What is on Peter Jahrling's license plate?

5. How many monkeys are imported into the United States each year for medical research?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are Geisbert's electron microscope photographs definitive proof of?

4. Describe "third spacing".

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

6. What is veterinary pathology?

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

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

9. How does Preston distinguish parasites from predators?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how iatrogenesis works.

a. Describe two examples of iatrogenesis that you have read about in the Hot Zone.

b. How could these examples have been prevented?

Essay Topic 2

The central conflict in the book can be seen as "humans vs. nature" and Ebola and Marburg virus can be considered main characters/antagonists in the book, and Preston explains that viruses could be seen as either dead or alive.

a. Using examples from the text, explain how Preston personifies viruses.

b. Preston suggests that viruses are more like predators than parasites. Explain this distinction, then describe whether you agree with it or not.

c. Explain how viruses can be both dead and alive. How would you define life? Would you consider a virus to be alive? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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