1. What profession did Karl Johnson's fiancee have, as described in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?
(a) Neurologist.
(b) Oncologist.
(c) Dermatologist.
(d) Virologist.

2. Who discovered that the flu lived harmlessly in pig mucus, and thus, dubbed the new virus swine flu?
(a) Paul Bres.
(b) Selman Waksman.
(c) Daniel Elmer Salmon.
(d) Richard Shope.

3. What refers to compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often disease?
(a) Arbitration.
(b) Quarantine.
(c) Extermination.
(d) Contingency.

4. Soon after the funeral of the first victim in Chapter 5, the mission was filled with the disease and some of the mission nurses were sent to ______________ to recover.
(a) Tanzania.
(b) Zaire.
(c) South Sudan.
(d) Thailand.

5. In what year did a type of swine flu strike in Texas simultaneously with another less deadly strain?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1967.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Karl Johnson in Panama when his friend, Ron MacKenzie, headed to Bolivia to investigate a disease, as described in Chapter 1: "Machupo"?

2. When was the term antibiotic first coined?

3. When Johnson and MacKenzie became ill in Chapter 1: "Machupo," they were saved by a doctor who knew to drastically increase ______________.

4. DNA was first isolated by what Swiss physician?

5. The yellow fever epidemic was rampant in areas of West Africa and was spread by what insect?

(see the answer key)

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