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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. In 2014, how many air passengers flew between the United States and the rest of the world?

2. What was the American infant mortality rate at the turn of the twentieth century?

3. What is the abbreviation for the combination vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis?

4. What brand of tampon turned out to be closely associated with cases of TSS in the 1980s?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one sometimes fatal reaction the human body has to microbes, especially in those with strong immune systems?

2. In Chapter 2, what intensely personal detail of his early life does Osterholm share with the reader?

3. What were the two relatively rare conditions doctors began seeing in patients at the outset of the AIDS epidemic?

4. In Osterholm's opinion, how do our influenza vaccines need to change?

5. What is one of the reasons human are at a disadvantage to microbes?

6. What is one of the factors Osterholm thinks contributed to the anti-vaccine movement?

7. In Chapter 4, what does Osterholm reveal as what he thinks is the probable cause of the world's next pandemic?

8. What does Osterholm say public health science is based on, and how does the public perceive these things?

9. Why was Dr. Jonas Salk such a hero to so many parents in the 1950s?

10. In Chapter 10, what kind of flu strain is Osterholm particularly worried about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Osterholm, what is the relationship between widespread antibiotic use in livestock and the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

In Osterholm's view, why is Dr. John Snow such an important figure in the field of epidemiology, and what is Dr. Snow most famous for? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How do bacteriophages function when introduced into the human body? How could further research of, and use of, bacteriophages potentially help lessen the need for antibiotics in the future on a global level? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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