This reading comprehension quiz goes over basic principles of epidemiology, pathogens, and viral infectious diseases. This activity covers the definitions of endemic, fomite, natural reservoir, pandemic, pathogen, vector, vertical transmission, and zoonosis, information on the viral diseases COVID-19, Chikungunya, dengue fever, MERS, SARS, West Nile fever, and Zika virus disease, and the effects of climate change on the spread of disease. It has ten short answer/free response questions - broken