Secret of the Yellow Death Unit Test Review

The prisoner who died in the guardhouse...

• Was surrounded by yellow fever patients

• Gave yellow fever to other people

• He hadn't been near any yellow fever patients

• Died of another disease

Dr. Carroll was worried what disease he had. He had to...

• Look to find the yellow fever germ in his blood

• Check and see if he had a mosquito bite

• Take some medicine

• Wait and see what his symptoms were

What kind of text structure is being used: "First he took his temperature. Then, he checked his pulse. Finally, he wrote down his findings."

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological

• Question and Answer

• Description

Dr. Lazear...

• Believed in the bacteria theory

• Believed in the clothes theory

• Believed in the mosquito theory

• Believed none of the theories were right

To test the mosquito theory...

• The doctors had to dissect mosquitoes

• The doctors had to do autopsies on dead bodies

• The doctors had to wear clothes of sick people

• The doctors had to let mosquitoes bite someone

Why did Lazear and Finlay's experiments fail?

• Not enough time passed when the mosquitoes bit someone

• The mosquitoes were the wrong breed

• The mosquitoes didn't have yellow fever

• Mosquitoes don't carry yellow fever

Why did Reed want volunteers to sign consent forms?

• He didn't want to be sued

• He wanted to be the first to have signed forms for an experiment

• He wanted the volunteers to know the risks of the experiments

• He thought it would be funny

Dr. Carroll getting sick after being bitten by the mosquito...

• Totally proved the mosquito theory

• Made him think the water was infectious

• Killed him

• Gave more evidence towards the mosquito theory

The volunteers for the infected clothes experiment...

• Were put in disgusting conditions, but did not get yellow fever

• Got yellow fever from wearing clothes

• Were unable to do the experiment because it was so disgusting

• Had an easy time with the experiment

Yellow Fever in today's times...

• No longer exists

• Has been dealt with in developed nations, but still affects parts of the world.

• Is still killing people in the United States today

• Has a completed cure