Here are some central ideas from the reading. It is difficult to identify Ebola in dead specimens.
The scientists’ work is considered highly hazardous.
This virus has the potential to “come alive” and spread throughout the human species.
It is very important to keep the truth from the news.
What is the author’s purpose in writing this text?

to persuade readers
to entertain readers
to inform readers
to express a personal feeling

Read the following passage and explain how wiesel interrupts the narration of the story to emphasize the truth behind what eliezer witnesses. "not far from us, flames, huge flames, were rising from a ditch. something was being burning there. a truck drew close and unloaded its hold: small children. babies! yes, 1 did see this, with my own children thrown into the frames. (is it any wonder that ever since then, sleep tends to elude me? )"