📘 Small Steps – Unit 1 Final Quiz

When Peg begins to walk with braces, how do the other patients react?

• They cheer her on with encouragement

• They ignore her and focus on their own recovery

• They laugh at her for walking slowly

• They ask the doctors to stop her therapy

What does Peg’s determination to walk again show about her character?

• She is careless

• She is strong and persistent

• She is impatient and rude

• She is only focused on competing

Why is the therapy room an important setting in the last chapters?

• It is where Peg rests from her hard work

• It is where Peg practices and shows her progress

• It is where Peg spends time playing with friends

• It is where doctors treat Peg’s illness with medicine

What is the central idea of Peg’s story in the final chapters?

• Polio is a disease that cannot be cured

• Hard work and courage can lead to progress

• Doctors are more important than patients

• Friendships are more valuable than health

Which sentence best shows that Peg is becoming more independent?

• Peg was tired and wanted to give up.

• With each step, she felt stronger and more confident.

• Peg cried when she saw her friends walking.

• She wished she could stay in bed instead of exercising.

Read this sentence: “Each step Peg took was like climbing a mountain.” What does this simile mean?

• Peg was walking outside on a mountain

• Walking was difficult but she was determined

• Peg enjoyed hiking in her free time

• Walking was easy for her

How do Peg’s feelings change from the beginning to the end of the last chapters?

• From hopeless to determined

• From happy to sad

• From proud to embarrassed

• From curious to confused

Which detail best supports the idea that Peg was a role model for others?

• She worked quietly and didn’t talk to anyone

• She encouraged other patients to keep trying

• She wanted to go home instead of doing therapy

• She refused to listen to the doctors

What is the author’s main purpose in telling Peg’s story?

• To explain how to cure polio

• To persuade readers to become doctors

• To entertain and inspire readers with Peg’s courage

• To give facts about hospitals in the 1950s

What lesson can readers learn from Peg’s journey?

• People should always listen to doctors

• Overcoming challenges takes effort and bravery

• It is easier to recover if you don’t make friends

• Illness always leads to complete recovery