Yellow Fever: Secret of the Yellow Death

Read " Epilogue from The Secret of the Yellow Death"

Yellow fever is caused by ________________.

• bacteria

• a virus

• mosquitos

• microobes

Read " Epilogue from The Secret of the Yellow Death" 3. What led Dr. James Carroll to eventually suggest that yellow fever is caused by a microbe that is much smaller than bacteria?

• Dr. Agramonte convinced Dr. Carroll that yellow fever was not caused by bacteria.

• Dr. Carroll was unable to detect a yellow fever microbe in his research, which led him to believe the germ was smaller than bacteria.

• Dr. Carroll used a microscope that allowed him to detect microbes that were previously impossible to see.

• Dr. James Carroll discovered that yellow fever is caused by a virus that was much smaller than any bacteria.

Read " Epilogue from The Secret of the Yellow Death" Select the sentence from paragraph 4 that provides evidence of how Dr. Reed's methods improved future scientific experimentation.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Read " Epilogue from The Secret of the Yellow Death" Select TWO words that the author uses in paragraph 2 to compare disease control to war.

• poison

• lurked

• army

• battle

• poison

Read " Epilogue from The Secret of the Yellow Death" 5. According to the author, what event was MOST significant in protecting people from yellow fever?

• Finding a cure for humans

• Discovering the geographic origin of the disease

• Developing a yellow fever vaccine

• Discovering that the yellow fever is transmitted by both male and female mosquitoes

Read " Epilogue from The Secret of the Yellow Death" 6. What facts did scientists later discover that might have affected Dr. Reed’s investigations? Select the TWO correct statements and drag one into each box.

• Yellow fever cannot be spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito

• The disease must be carried by a mosquito for up to 17 days before it is able to infect another person

• The mosquitos must have bitten a yellow fever patient in the first three days of the illness

• The disease only lives for a 24-hour period

Read " Epilogue from The Secret of the Yellow Death" 7. Select the statement that provides the BEST explanation for why the author chose to end paragraph 11 with this sentence:

• She wanted to emphasize that people continue to feel threatened by this disease.

• She wanted to offer evidence that there are still outbreaks of the disease.

• She wanted to demonstrate that governments no longer care about people with the disease.

• She wanted to show that people expect the government to cure the disease.

Read " Epilogue from The Secret of the Yellow Death" 8. What does the author suggest is the reason infected female mosquitoes pass the disease onto their offspring?

• Mosquitoes pass yellow fever through their infected saliva

• Mosquitoes feed their offspring with infected blood.

• All Aedes aegypti mosquitoes have the yellow fever virus.

• The yellow fever virus enters every cell of a mosquito's body, including her eggs.

Read " Epilogue from The Secret of the Yellow Death" 9. Scientists and others still have to risk their lives to research yellow fever because

• they are required to inject themselves with the virus

• there is no cure for the disease

• there is no vaccine for the disease

• the cure doesn't always work

Read " Epilogue from The Secret of the Yellow Death" 10. Which of the following occurred as a result of the team’s research? (Pick the ONE that DID NOT occur)

• A cure for yellow fever was developed.

• Sanitation workers sprayed poison gas and oil to destroy mosquitoes and their eggs.

• The Panama Canal was safely completed.

• The United States was free from yellow fever by 1905.