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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 in the syringes that the 91-Tangos are using?

2. What does McCormick observe in the Ebola victims in the Zande village?

3. Where does C.J. Peters believe that Frantig should be taken for treatment?

4. What do the Hazleton employees do with the dead monkeys?

5. What do all four monkey caretakers in the monkey house have in common?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did the first radio reports say that frightened lab workers in the monkey house?

4. What is the compromise that the CDC and USAMRIID come up with?

5. What are Dan Dalgard's recommendations for work in the monkey house?

6. Why does Nancy Jaax refuse to transport the dead monkeys?

7. How is the virus in the monkeys like the Andromeda Strain?

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

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

10. Why is USAMRIID upset with what the CDC decides to do with John Coleus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A quote from the book reads: "a virus can be useful to a species by thinning it out." Students will research the historic outbreaks of plague in the 14th century and the flu outbreak of 1918. How did this concept of "herd immunity" allow the outbreaks to finally end? Do students agree that a virus can be considered "useful"? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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