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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. Where does Dr. Peter Tukei work?

2. What is wrong with Nancy's father?

3. What is a nickname for crab-eating monkeys?

4. Where did the Jaaxes spend Thanksgiving?

5. Where are the Sese Islands?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Johnson's Kitum Cave expedition study large animals such as leopards or elephants?

2. What are sentinel animals used for?

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

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

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

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

7. What is a diamond knife?

8. What is pseudomonas?

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

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

Preston brings up the possibility of future outbreaks of Ebola or other diseases. Based on the information given in the text, answer the following questions:

a. How likely is a future outbreak of Ebola or a similar virus?

b. What are some likely causes of this outbreak?

c. Based on what has been learned in the text, what would be the best course of action to deal with such an outbreak if it occurred?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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