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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 decons out with Rhonda?

2. What has happened to Jerry after his first day in the monkey house?

3. Who is Nancy's buddy in the Level 4 lab?

4. What is found in the woods behind the monkey house?

5. What is the name of the rapid Ebola test developed by the Army?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why is there no known video footage of the Reston mission?

6. What is the memory that Nancy has of her father and her childhood?

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

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

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

10. How does Nancy Jaax explain her belief that Ebola is airborne?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Summarize the reasons and the process that Peter Jahrling and Tom Geisbert used to reach their decision NOT to tell about their possible exposure after the "whiffing incident". Do you agree with the decision they made?

- What were their considerations about the incubation period?

- What do Jahrling and Geisbert know about the Slammer that affected their decision?

- Why doesn't Jahrling think he is putting his family at risk?

- How did the right to name a new virus affect their decision?

- Based on what you know about the fatality rate of Marburg and other filoviruses, do you think that Jahrling and Geisbert made a good decision? Why or why not?

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