ESL 081 - Reading 1: Discussion Questions  Spring 2003 
Instructor & Home Page :  Elizabeth Neblett          My e-mail address: neblett@ucc.edu

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ESL 081 / E. Neblett
Outbreak
Discussion Chapters 1 - 2
 
 
Chapter 1:
 
1.  Why was Marissa’s office so small?
 
2.  Give two examples of diseases that the CDC has worked on in the past.
 
3.  Why was Marissa able to get her first choice of assignments?
 
4.  Why didn’t Marissa have much self-confidence?
 
5. Who is Taffy?
 
6.  How do you know that Ralph has a good job? (Find proof in the reading.)
 
 7. Who is Dr. Dubchek.  What is his relationship to Marissa?
 
8. Where did Marissa’s first case occur?
 
 
Chapter 2
 
1. Why was Marissa anxious about her trip to California?
 
 
2.  What was Dr. Richter’s condition when she arrived?
 
 
3. What were some of the important factors in Dr. Richter’s history that Marissa considered when she tried to
diagnose him?
 
 
4.  What kind of information did Marissa give the reporter?
 
 
5. Why did Dr. Dubcheck decide to go to California?