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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Author Laurie Garrett refers to Karl Johnson and Ron MacKenzie as the first _______ in Chapter 1: "Machupo."
(a) Scientific geniouses.
(b) Viral explorers.
(c) Medical juggernauts.
(d) Disease cowboys.

2. In the book's Preface, the author writes that the vulnerability of the world is increased due to which of the following?
(a) Human evolution.
(b) Isolation of populations.
(c) Decreased populations.
(d) Modern travel.

3. In the Introduction, Laurie Garrett discusses the experiences of her uncle who was a doctor in what year?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1957.

4. Karl Johnson's team realized that in San Joaquin, there were no ________ as a result of DDT spraying in Chapter 1: "Machupo."
(a) Cats.
(b) Owls.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Snakes.

5. Laurie Garrett researched for The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance as a fellow at what institution?
(a) The University of California, Santa Cruz.
(b) The Yale Public Health Academy.
(c) The Harvard School of Public Health.
(d) The University of California, Los Angeles.

6. Soon after the first outbreak described in Chapter 5: "Yambuku," another outbreak was seen at the hospital in what location?
(a) Kinshasha.
(b) Lagos.
(c) Lusaka.
(d) Monrovia.

7. Chapter 1: "Machupo," Karl Johnson found himself deathly ill with what disease?
(a) Bolivian hemorrhagic fever.
(b) Schistosomiasis.
(c) Yellow fever.
(d) Pneumocystis pneumonia.

8. In what year did the worst flu epidemic in the twentieth century strike, killing millions?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1873.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1776.

9. Researchers were able to track the outbreak of the Lassa virus to a woman from ______________.
(a) Lusaka.
(b) Monrovia.
(c) Kinshasha.
(d) Lagos.

10. When the Institute of Medicine convened a panel to discuss the severity of a microbial threat to United States citizens, many critics believed that many emerging diseases were not __________, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) Airborne.
(b) Viral.
(c) Communicable.
(d) Bacterial.

11. DNA was first isolated by what Swiss physician?
(a) Friedrich Miescher.
(b) Joe McCormick.
(c) Alexander Fleming.
(d) Uwe Brinkmann.

12. To what do the initials "DNA" refer?
(a) Deoxyribonucleic acid.
(b) Deterioration of nerve acid.
(c) Destructive neurological action.
(d) Dental nerve activity.

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

14. To what do the initials "RNA" refer?
(a) Reflexive neurological antibodies.
(b) Regenerative nerve action.
(c) Ribonucleic acid.
(d) Richmond Nutrition Association.

15. What was the confirmed source of the first epidemic of Legionnaire's disease?
(a) Mouse feces.
(b) Air conditioning.
(c) Mosquitos.
(d) Bad plumbing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What CDC director was fired over the first epidemic of Legionnaires' disease?

2. Karl Johnson's team placed ___________ across the village of San Joaquin in order to help eradicate the Manchupo virus in Chapter 1: "Machupo."

3. In 1967, an outbreak of an unknown virus occurred in which location?

4. Who wrote the Preface to The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance?

5. In molecular biology and genetics, ___________ refer to changes in a genomic sequence.

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