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WorksheetsYellow Death: Chapters 1-12
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
The following were all American Army doctors trying to find the cause of yellow fever except:
Dr. Walter Reed
Dr. James Carroll
Dr. Carlos Finlay
Dr. Jesse Lazear
Which major historical event brought the United States face-to-face with yellow fever?
World War I
Spanish American War
Civil War
The Vietnam War
Most people considered Dr. Finlay of Cuba to be crazy because of his theory that Yellow Fever was spread through:
touch
clothing
mosquitoes
ticks
Which U.S. Army camp did the doctors on Reed’s team operate out of in Cuba?
Camp Columbia
Fort Hood
Fort Agramonte
Camp Havana
Which of the following doctors was in charge of performing autopsies?
Dr. Giuseppi Sanarelli
Dr. Jesse Lazear
Dr. James Carroll
Dr. Aristides Agramonte
The usual symptoms of yellow fever included yellow eyes, yellowish liver, the yellow skin.
True
False
Which of the following is not a symptom of yellow fever?
yellow skin
high blood pressure
leaking arteries
partially digested blood
Only female mosquitoes can bite people.
True
False
How did Dr. Carroll find out that he had yellow fever?
He tested his blood to see if he had yellow fever or malaria.
He had to wait to see if he got sores around his mouth.
He had to take a saliva test.
He had to wait to see if he got bleeding gums and yellow skin
Why were the scientists unsure of how Dr. Carroll got yellow fever?
He visited Las Animas Hospital in Havana and Camp Columbia the week before and could have gotten infected there.
He visited Dr. Finlay the week before and could have gotten bit by one of his mosquitoes.
He was not showing signs of having yellow fever yet.
He was not actually bitten by an infected mosquito.
The doctors knew that Dr. Lazear was probably going to die because:
he turned yellow.
he was delirious.
he vomited up black blood
he had a fever of 104 degrees.
Private Dean took the bribe that Dr. Reed offered to lie about leaving the army base.
True
False
All of the following are reasons that Dr. Reed doubted the mosquito theory except:
Private Dean was lying about how he had contracted Yellow Fever
Some of Lazear’s volunteers stayed healthy when bitten by mosquitoes.
Finlay had failed to produce yellow fever cases when he tried to do the experiment.
Some mosquito bites caused the disease while others did not.
How much money did Walter Reed receive from General Wood?
$1,000,000
$100
$10,000
$1,000
What is Walter Reed's conflict of morals at Camp Lazear?
informing volunteers of the risks
spraying insects with mustard gas
putting leaches on patients to extract yellow fever
fighting the Spanish Army
What happened to the infected mosquitoes when the temperature at Camp Lazear hit 60 degrees?
mosquitoes developed a super bug
mosquitoes died
ticks flourished and bit cows
all the troops acquired malaria
Where is Cuba located?
about 70 miles south of Florida
in the Western part of Europe
just west of Australia
it shares the same island chain as Japan
What body of water is Cuba located in?
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Sea
Why is Cuba a prime place to study mosquitoes and yellow fever?
Communist Government
Hot and Humid Climate
Cold and Windy Climate
Hot summers and Cold Winters with large amounts of rain and snow
Which team won the Super Bowl on 2/3/2019
Green Bay Packers
L.A. Rams
New England Patriots
Kansas City Chiefs
How much did a Super Bowl Commercial Cost for a 30 second time slot?
$1.3 million
$2.5 million
$14.2 million
$5.25 million
