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Worldwide, how many people have sickle cell anemia?

Unlike many other medical students at Oxford, Tony Allison tried to learn as much as he could in his required Tropical medicine course. What did he want to become an expert on?

What natural insecticide (used for centuries) was called Persian powder by Europeans?

In what kind of blood cell does the malaria parasite replicate? 

If a person with blood type A, receives a donation of blood type B, what happens?

What kind of chrysanthemums did Tony Allison’s family grow in the Kenya highlands?

Raymond Dart and Robert Broom taught Tony Allison anatomy as an undergraduate. What did these two famous anatomists/paleoanthropologists discover?

Where can you see the Tsavo man-eaters today?

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate preposition and article as indicated in parentheses. Pay attention to applying correct case/declination of articles, and capitalize the first letter in your sentences. [1] (Because of the) schlechten Wetter sind wir zu Hause geblieben. [2] (Inspite of the) schlechten Wetters sind wir schwimmen gegangen. [3] (Out of) Angst bin ich weggelaufen. [4] (Through his) Rauchen (neuter – smoking) ruinierte (to ruin) er seine Gesundheit (health).

Fill the gaps with the correct present tense form of the verbs in parentheses. Read the sentence prompt and pay attention to the noun, or personal pronoun. Then choose the correct singular or plural verb form. ————————– John: Ich [1] (fahren) morgen mit Anna nach Konstanz. Kristina: [2] (Fahren) ihr mit dem Zug oder mit dem Auto? John: Anna [3] (fahren) mit ihrem Auto. Ihre Großmutter [4] (feiern) ihren 80. Geburtstag. Die ganze Familie [5] (kommen) nach Konstanz. Kristina: Ich [6] (wissen), Anna [7] (fahren) nicht gern auf der Autobahn. Wie [8] (fahren) ihr nach Konstanz? John: Anna [9] (zeigen) mir den Schwarzwald. Wir [10] (essen) in Freudenstadt zu Mittag.