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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom Geisbert realize the "pepper" is that he sees in the cells?
(a) Bits of hair.
(b) Pseudomonas.
(c) Dust.
(d) Inclusion bodies.

2. Where had Peter Cardinal and Charles Monet both been before they got sick?
(a) The Nzoia River.
(b) The Kinshasa Highway.
(c) Kitum Cave.
(d) Lake Victoria.

3. What is the genetic code of Ebola?
(a) A single strand of DNA.
(b) A twisted strand of RNA and DNA.
(c) A single strand of RNA.
(d) Ten strands of different proteins.

4. What color is a Racal suit?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Orange.

5. Where are all of the monkeys euthanized?
(a) Room A.
(b) Room F.
(c) Room X.
(d) USAMRIID.

6. What are the classic signs of Ebola in all primates?
(a) Red eyes.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) A masklike face.
(d) A bloody nose.

7. What are "bricks"?
(a) Cell nucleoids.
(b) Cracks in the cell.
(c) Proteins.
(d) Crystalloids of virus ready to hatch.

8. What do people who have been confined to the Slammer receive when they get out?
(a) A sample of their own blood.
(b) A certificate of good health.
(c) A medal.
(d) A cake.

9. What does it mean to put a sample "in the beam"?
(a) To cut it in half.
(b) To spin it in a centrifuge.
(c) To look at it through a light microscope.
(d) To look at it through an electron microscope.

10. Where did Peter Cardinal's parents live?
(a) Nzara.
(b) Nairobi.
(c) Eldoret.
(d) Kisumu.

11. Who is the strain of Ebola Zaire in the U.S. Army's freezers named after?
(a) Sister M. E.
(b) Charles Monet.
(c) Mr. Yu G.
(d) Nurse Mayinga.

12. How many new monkeys die at the monkey house over Thanksgiving?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Twenty two.

13. Where are most of the monkeys who die located?
(a) Room A.
(b) Room 21.
(c) Room 6B.
(d) Room F.

14. What is wrong with Nancy's father?
(a) He is dying of cancer.
(b) He just lost his wife.
(c) His house has been burned down in a fire.
(d) He has been laid off from his job.

15. Where does Jahrling go to view the samples of monkey virus?
(a) His car.
(b) A storage closet.
(c) His home office.
(d) C.J. Peters' office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jahrling tell Dalgard is "definitely" present in the monkey house?

2. Where are the Sese Islands?

3. What state is Nancy Jaax from?

4. What are red eyes often a sign of?

5. What is listed as Charles Monet's official cause of death?

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