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Yellow Death: Chapters 1-12

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The following were all American Army doctors trying to find the cause of yellow fever except:

a)

Dr. Walter Reed

b)

Dr. James Carroll

c)

Dr. Carlos Finlay

d)

Dr. Jesse Lazear

2.

Which major historical event brought the United States face-to-face with yellow fever?

a)

World War I

b)

Spanish American War

c)

Civil War

d)

The Vietnam War

3.

Most people considered Dr. Finlay of Cuba to be crazy because of his theory that Yellow Fever was spread through:

a)

touch

b)

clothing

c)

mosquitoes

d)

ticks

4.

Which U.S. Army camp did the doctors on Reed’s team operate out of in Cuba?

a)

Camp Columbia

b)

Fort Hood

c)

Fort Agramonte

d)

Camp Havana

5.

Which of the following doctors was in charge of performing autopsies?

a)

Dr. Giuseppi Sanarelli

b)

Dr. Jesse Lazear

c)

Dr. James Carroll

d)

Dr. Aristides Agramonte

6.

The usual symptoms of yellow fever included yellow eyes, yellowish liver, the yellow skin.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which of the following is not a symptom of yellow fever?

a)

yellow skin

b)

high blood pressure

c)

leaking arteries

d)

partially digested blood

8.

Only female mosquitoes can bite people.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

How did Dr. Carroll find out that he had yellow fever?

a)

He tested his blood to see if he had yellow fever or malaria.

b)

He had to wait to see if he got sores around his mouth.

c)

He had to take a saliva test.

d)

He had to wait to see if he got bleeding gums and yellow skin

10.

Why were the scientists unsure of how Dr. Carroll got yellow fever?

a)

He visited Las Animas Hospital in Havana and Camp Columbia the week before and could have gotten infected there.

b)

He visited Dr. Finlay the week before and could have gotten bit by one of his mosquitoes.

c)

He was not showing signs of having yellow fever yet.

d)

He was not actually bitten by an infected mosquito.

11.

The doctors knew that Dr. Lazear was probably going to die because:

a)

he turned yellow.

b)

he was delirious.

c)

he vomited up black blood

d)

he had a fever of 104 degrees.

12.

Private Dean took the bribe that Dr. Reed offered to lie about leaving the army base.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

All of the following are reasons that Dr. Reed doubted the mosquito theory except:

a)

Private Dean was lying about how he had contracted Yellow Fever

b)

Some of Lazear’s volunteers stayed healthy when bitten by mosquitoes.

c)

Finlay had failed to produce yellow fever cases when he tried to do the experiment.

d)

Some mosquito bites caused the disease while others did not.

14.

How much money did Walter Reed receive from General Wood?

a)

$1,000,000

b)

$100

c)

$10,000

d)

$1,000

15.

What is Walter Reed's conflict of morals at Camp Lazear?

a)

informing volunteers of the risks

b)

spraying insects with mustard gas

c)

putting leaches on patients to extract yellow fever

d)

fighting the Spanish Army

16.

What happened to the infected mosquitoes when the temperature at Camp Lazear hit 60 degrees?

a)

mosquitoes developed a super bug

b)

mosquitoes died

c)

ticks flourished and bit cows

d)

all the troops acquired malaria

17.

Where is Cuba located?

a)

about 70 miles south of Florida

b)

in the Western part of Europe

c)

just west of Australia

d)

it shares the same island chain as Japan

18.

What body of water is Cuba located in?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Sea

19.

Why is Cuba a prime place to study mosquitoes and yellow fever?

a)

Communist Government

b)

Hot and Humid Climate

c)

Cold and Windy Climate

d)

Hot summers and Cold Winters with large amounts of rain and snow

20.

Which team won the Super Bowl on 2/3/2019

a)

Green Bay Packers

b)

L.A. Rams

c)

New England Patriots

d)

Kansas City Chiefs

21.

How much did a Super Bowl Commercial Cost for a 30 second time slot?

a)

$1.3 million

b)

$2.5 million

c)

$14.2 million

d)

$5.25 million