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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 does Dalgard not invite into the monkey house to survey the scene?

2. What do the frying pans release into the air?

3. What are all laboratory beakers in a hot zone made of?

4. What is the fatality rate of Ebola Reston among the monkeys?

5. How many monkeys are still inside the monkey house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the remaining monkey workers leave the monkey house for good?

2. Why can't a security card be brought into the higher levels of a biosafety lab?

3. What are three reasons that Jerry chooses Captain Mark Haines to enter the building first with him?

4. What are the results of Nancy's examination of the monkey's stomach?

5. What are the three methods of stopping a virus?

6. Even though C.J. Peters has a strong dislike for Joe McCormick, why does he also respect him?

7. What is ironic about the position that C.J. Peters leaves USAMRIID for?

8. What are the three priorities that Jerry Jaax and Gene Johnson set for the mission?

9. What does Preston carry in his backpack that no one else knows about?

10. What is the Army's policy about hazard pay for biohazard work?

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 world of academic and scientific research is often summed up with the phrase "publish or perish". What does this mean? Discuss how the concept of "publish or perish" affects the conflict between characters in the text, by responding to the following issues:

a. Why do you think Gene Johnson does not publish his research?

b. How do Johnson's co-workers at USAMRIID feel about his decision not to publish?

c. How do his peers outside of USAMRIID feel about his decision not to publish?

d. Do researchers have a responsibility to share their research with others? Is this important for scientific progress? 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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