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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 the CDC recommend that Frantig go to be treated?

2. How long does the CDC test for Ebola take according to McCormick?

3. During the second Reston outbreak, what does the CDC do?

4. What must all of the animal caretakers at the monkey house now wear?

5. What is Milton Frantig's diagnosis?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the evolution of the "AIDS Highway".

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

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

7. Why is Joe McCormick critical of the way USAMRIID had handled Ebola research in the past?

8. Why does the Kenyan government require that all visitors to Mount Elgon have an armed guard?

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

10. Why does Gene Johnson supply the team with short-wave radios?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Although C.J. Peters and Gene Johnson both work for USAMRIID, they dislike each other. Compare and contrast their characters and explain the genesis of their mutual dislike. How does this contentious relationship affect the biocontainment operation?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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