1. Hot Zone Assignments
Spring 2013

2. Hot Zone Assignment #3
Read the rest of the book (part III) by 5/22 (A), 5/23 (B)
There will be a quiz over part III on 5/22, 5/23.
Also there will be another readers response due on that day

3. Hot Zone–Due (5/22, 5/23)
Choose ONE of the following and write a half page. The actual quotes are on the next 4 slides: (page numbers are for paperback version. Kindle % are approximate)
Explain quote on p. 383 (Kindle: 93%)
Explain quote p.405 (Kindle: 99%)
Explain quote on p.407 (Kindle: 99%)

4. Hot Zone–Due (5/22, 5/23)
1. Explain quote on p 383 paperback “The paving of the Kinshasa Highway affected every person on earth, and turned out to be one of the most important events of the twentieth century.”

5. Hot Zone–Due (5/22, 5/23) 2. Explain quote on p 383 paperback
“ In effect, I had witnessed a crucial event in the emergence of AIDS, the transformation of a thread of dirt into a ribbon of tar.”

6. Hot Zone–Due (5/22, 5/23)
3. Explain quote on p 405 paperback, “The emergence of AIDS, ebola and any number of other rainforest agents appears to be a natural consequence of the ruin of the tropical biosphere.”

7. Hot Zone–Due (5/22, 5/23)
Explain quote on page 407 paperback, “The earth is attempting to rid itself of an infection by the human parasite. Perhaps AIDS is the first step in a natural process of clearance.”