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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In China, the use of what drug was encouraging AIDS to spread, according to the author in Chapter 14?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Methamphetamine.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) LSD.

2. What is a potentially fatal illness caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Junin.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Toxic Shock Syndrome.

3. In Chapter 11: "Hatari: Vinidogodogo," where were the doctors following a particularly virulent strain of herpes?
(a) Lusaka.
(b) Kinshasha.
(c) Lagos.
(d) Magdalena.

4. What, along with other chemicals, was used to eradicate the mosquito causing an increase in sand flies?
(a) LSD.
(b) DMR.
(c) TCW.
(d) DDT.

5. What surgeon traveled to the capital of Uganda only to discover that their virus matched the AIDS epidemic?
(a) Clint Nyamurkunge.
(b) Richard Shope.
(c) Jim McDermott.
(d) Daniel Elmer Salmon.

6. In what year did seals begin to die in mass numbers, signaling a new disease?
(a) 1988.
(b) 2004.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1965.

7. What disease did children with malaria contract after being required to have nearly complete blood transfusions?
(a) HIV.
(b) Schistosomiasis.
(c) Measles.
(d) Junin.

8. The WHO created the Declaration of Alma-Ata which sought to unite the world in a push to create healthy living conditions for everyone by what year?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1995.
(c) 2050.
(d) 2100.

9. In Africa, Peter Piot recalled seeing a case similar to the early AIDS cases in the 1970s, and he found three more cases on the books, all from __________.
(a) Uganda.
(b) Tanzania.
(c) The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
(d) Zaire.

10. In Chapter 7: "N'zara," Joe McCormick was called to _____________ during his Lassa research.
(a) Kinshasha.
(b) Lusaka.
(c) Monrovia.
(d) Magdalena.

11. Blackwater fever was caused by the overuse of what substance?
(a) Cod liver oil.
(b) Vitamin A.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Quinine.

12. Some bacteria began using spore formation to defend against antibiotics, and this worked well against ___________.
(a) Citric acid.
(b) DDT.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Chlorine.

13. The Aswan High Dam is an embankment dam situated across what river?
(a) The Ganges River.
(b) The Amazon River.
(c) The Mississippi River.
(d) The Nile River.

14. What country sought to improve its own infrastructures with little funding, relying instead on education?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) Tanzania.
(d) Mexico.

15. When E coli 0157:H7 arrived, transmitted from contaminated meat, which argument became clear?
(a) Over-drugging farm animals.
(b) Famine.
(c) Growing fruit crops.
(d) Using pesticides.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10: "Distant Thunder," the author writes that Harvey Milk was assassinated in what year?

2. Lyme disease was first discovered when a number of cases were identified in what year?

3. In what year did the CDC call the first International AIDS Conference?

4. What was the third social epidemic noted by WHO?

5. A study in Africa related to TB showed its decrease was likely due to what?

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