1. Describe the life of Charles Monet. What were his “hobbies”?
2. Where is Mount Elgon? Describe the surrounding environment.
3. How may Charles Monet have been exposed to a level 4 virus?
4. Describe the symptoms experienced by Charles Monet in the days following his visit to Kitum cave.
5. In what ways could the virus have been passed to other people from the time Monet left his house until he arrived at Nairobi hospital?
6. Who is Dr. Shem Musoke?
7. How did Dr. Musoke become infected?
8. Describe the results of Dr. Musoke’s exploratory surgery.
Diagnosis
9. Who is David Silverstein?
10. What virus was found in Dr. Musoke’s blood? Describe the virus and
it’s origin.
11. What is a filovirus?
12. Which is the worst of the filovirus “sisters”? What is the kill rate in humans?
13. Describe the information provided by “Mr. Jones” concerning the Marburg virus.
14. What is one general theory for the origin of AIDS?
15. What was the outcome for Dr. Musoke?
A Woman and A Soldier
16. Who is Nancy Jaax?
17. How did Nancy Jaax cut her hand? Why is this significant?
Project Ebola
18. What does USAMRIID stand for?
19. Describe the brief history of Biological Weapons in the U.S.
20. What kinds of precautions were necessary for Nancy Jaax to be able to work in Biosafety Level 3 conditions? What problems did she face?
21. What is unique about Biosafety Level 4?
22. How did Nancy Jaax end up working in Biosafety Level 4?
23. Describe the first known emergence of the Ebola virus. How did it get its name?
24. Who is Eugene Johnson?
25. How many different proteins make up an Ebola virus particle? What is known about them?
26. Describe the effects of the Ebola virus. How does it appear to be spread?
27. Describe the Biosafety Level staging area. Describe the suit required for work in Biosafety Level 4.
Total Immersion
28. Describe the symptoms exhibited by the monkeys that were infected with Ebola.
29. Describe the structure of a typical virus.
30. What “scare” did Nancy Jaax have while working with Ebola?
31. What happened to the Ebola infected monkeys? What became of the healthy monkeys? How?
Reading Section II: pages 95-153
Ebola River
1. Who is Mr. Yu G.?
2. Describe Ebola Sudan.
3. Describe Ebola Zaire.
4. Describe how the disease was spread through the Yambuku hospital.
5. Describe the shape of the Ebola virus.
6. What is the C.D.C.?
7. Who is Nurse Mayinga? Describe her situation.
8. Describe how the medical teams worked to prevent the further spread of the disease throughout Kinshasa.
9. How many other people caught the virus from Nurse Mayinga?
Cardinal
10. Who is Eugene Johnson?
11. Who is Peter Cardinal?
12. Explain why a virus may be more like a predator than a parasite.
13. How might Peter Cardinal have become infected?
Going Deep
14. Describe the expedition to Kitum Cave. What was the purpose of this trip?
15. What was the result of this expedition?
Reading Section III Pages 157-282
PART II: “THE MONKEY HOUSE”
1. What kinds of monkeys were kept at the Reston Monkey House?
2. How many monkeys out of the original shipment did Bill Volt count as dead within one month’s time?
3. Who is Dan Delgard?
4. Describe the deaths of the monkeys.
Into Level 3
5. Who is Peter Jahrling?
6. How did Delgard ship the results of the monkey autopsy to Jahrling?
Exposure
7. Who is Tom Geisbert?
Thanksgiving
8. What significant event occurred over the Thanksgiving holiday in the monkey house?
Medusa
9. What discovery did Geisbert make about the viruses infecting the monkeys?
The First Angel
10. Who is C.J. Peters?
11. What was the purpose of the conversation between Jahrling and Geisbert? (see page 206.)
12. What came of this conversation?
The Second Angel
13. Describe Jahrling’s tests with the virus samples.
14. What were the results of these tests?
Chain of Command
15. What is meant by a “chain of command” in relation to biohazard work?
Garbage Bags
16. Who is Jarvis Purdy? What happened to him?
17. How were the dead monkey’s shipped to Fort Detrick?
Space Walk
18. What were the results of the monkey autopsy?
Shoot-Out
19. Who is Joe McCormick?
The Mission
20. What are the Three Priorities?
Reconnaissance
21. Describe the conditions of the monkey house upon the team entering the building.
READING SECTION IV: PAGES 285-371
PART III: “SMASHDOWN”
Insertion
1. Describe the orange Racal suits that are designed for use with airborne biological agents.
2. Describe the decontamination process upon leaving the monkey building.
3. What was located right next door to the monkey house?
A Man Down
4. Who is Milton Frantig? What happened to him?
91-Tangos
5. How many monkeys occupied the building?
Inside
6. What happened to Rhonda Williams?
A Bad Day
7. What significant event occurred on Wednesday December 6?
8. What did the team do to the remaining monkey’s that were still alive?
Decon
9. Describe how the team attempted to “Decon” the monkey house.
The Most Dangerous Strain
10. Describe the Ebola Reston virus strain.
11. How many humans died from Ebola Reston?
12. Why is the Reston virus so much like Ebola Zaire, when Reston supposedly
comes from Asia?
Reading Section V: Pages 375-411
PART IV: “KITUM CAVE”
1. Describe the author’s journey to Kitum Cave? Why did he make this journey?
2. How did AIDS likely first appear?
3. Why have vaccines against HIV been unsuccessful?
4. What became of the Reston, Virginia monkey house?
5. What is the author’s view on the emergence of these destructive viruses?