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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 7 - 11).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the serious condition that the Zika virus sometimes causes in babies?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Microcephaly.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Paralysis.

2. What can anthrax be hidden in its dried form, according to Osterholm?
(a) Any white powder.
(b) Soil.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Cakes.

3. What was the 1918 flu epidemic commonly known as?
(a) The Spanish Flu.
(b) The Italian Flu.
(c) The War Flu.
(d) The British Flu.

4. How many people does the WHO estimate might be infected with latent tuberculosis?
(a) About 500 million people.
(b) About half of the world's population.
(c) About 1 billion people.
(d) About one-third of the world's population.

5. In 2014, how many air passengers flew between the United States and the rest of the world?
(a) 100 million.
(b) 186 million.
(c) 300 million.
(d) 50 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group did congress establish in 2006 to help provide a good approach to vaccine development?

2. Which organization helped to fund the development of the polio vaccine?

3. What turned out to be causing the diarrheal illness in Minnesota that Osterholm investigated in 1984?

4. What are the unchanging features of a virus called?

5. Who was the George W. Bush-era Health and Human Services Secretary Osterholm has worked closely with?

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