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WorksheetsTiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What did Vivien Thomas design?
fast cars
needles
scalples
dresses
Where did Vivien Thomas grow up?
Boston, Massachusetts
Detroit, Michigan
Nashville, Tennessee
Columbia, South Carolina
Vivien's father was a....
doctor
race car driver
mechanic
master carpenter
From a young age, Vivien dreamed of...
studying medicine
going to college
attending medical school
all of the above
Vivien had to start saving for college all over again after the stock market crashed. What year was this?
1863
1929
1958
1796
Why were jobs scarce for carpenters such as Vivien and his father? Mark all applicable answers.
Nobody wanted to hire a carpenter.
People couldn't afford to buy new houses.
People couldn't afford costly home repairs.
No one needed to have their car worked on.
Sometimes Vivien assisted Dr. Blalock with an experiment. Other days, Dr. Blalock assisted Vivien.
True
False
What did Vivien discover was his official job description?
researcher
lab assistant
janitor
teacher
In 1941, Dr. Blalock was invited to become Chief of Surgery at another hospital and insisted that Vivien come with him. What were Vivien's concerns?
He didn't want to leave Nashville.
He knew he would most likely be fired after Dr. Blalock left.
Many of the doctors were not happy that Vivien had been working independently as a researcher.
All of the above.
At Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, Vivien found that things were much more segregated.
True
False
Dr. Helen Taussig, a pediatric cardiologist, treated children with heart problems which prevented them from getting enough oxygen. These babies appeared to be...
yellow
pink
blue
green
Most doctors refused to do open-heart surgery on children because they believed children couldn't survive such an operation.
True
False
Dr. Blalock asked Vivien to stand on a stool and guide him through an operation on a child who might die if they couldn't operate on her.
True
False
Many years later, Vivien received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Johns Hopkins University.
True
False
