The Hot Zone Quiz
This quiz is about the Hot Zone.
- 1.What virus is the Hot Zone mainly talking about?
- A.
West Nile Virus
- B.
Hepatitus A
- C.
AIDS
- D.
Ebola
- 2.What town in Virginia experiences an outbreak of Ebola?
- A.
Washington D.C
- B.
Reston
- C.
Salem
- D.
Trenton
- 3.Who was the first documented case of Ebola?
- A.
Charles Monet
- B.
Nurse Mayinga
- C.
William Shakespeare
- D.
Nancy Jaax
- 4.What was Nancy Jaax's rank in the army at the beginning of the book?
- A.
General
- B.
Colonel
- C.
Private First Class
- D.
Lieutenant Colonel
- 5.What breed of monkeys was sold to the monkeyhouse in Virginia?
- A.
Baboon
- B.
Chimpanzee
- C.
Crab Eaters
- D.
Gorilla
- 6.From what cave in Africa did two alleged Ebola cases break out from?
- A.
Kookum Cave
- B.
The cave of Africa
- C.
Bat Cave
- D.
Kitum Cave
- 7.What is the mortality rate of Ebola Zaire?
- A.
90%
- B.
40%
- C.
10%
- D.
1%
- 8.What level of biosafety is ebola at?
- A.
3
- B.
4
- C.
2
- D.
0
- 9.What is a symptom of Ebola?
- A.
Hemorrhaging
- B.
Sneezing
- C.
Coughing
- D.
Itchy arms
- 10.How many strains of ebola are there?
- A.
3
- B.
11
- C.
53
- D.
7
- 11.How is the ebola virus described in the book?
- A.
A long ropelike structure with a loop
- B.
A square
- C.
A wide, flat rectangle
- D.
A circle
- 12.Aids is mentioned a lot in the Hot Zone. Where is Aids believed to have originated in Africa?
- A.
It broke out of the rain forest
- B.
The lakes and swamps
- C.
Butterflies
- D.
Cony\taminated air
- 13.What is the Kinshasha Highway?
- A.
It is the highway that Aids is said to travel along from person to person
- B.
It is the highway that links south africa to north africa
- C.
It is the longest highway in the world
- D.
It is the oldest highway in the world
- 14.Who is Peter Cardinal?
- A.
He died from Ebola
- B.
He contracted and survived ebola
- C.
He is a minor character
- D.
He discovered Ebola
- 15.What is the weakest strain of Ebola?
- A.
Ebola Zaire
- B.
Ebola Reston
- C.
Ebola Michel
- D.
Marburg
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