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The Great race of Mercy

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did the Great Race of Mercy occur?

a)

1926

b)

1935

c)

1925

d)

2019

2.

In what state this this event take place?

a)

Maryland

b)

South Carolina

c)

California

d)

Alaska

3.

What is the name of the disease that was a part of the outbreak in 1925?

a)

Yellow Fever

b)

Diphtheria

c)

Smallpox

d)

Enfluenza

4.

TRUE or FALSE: Airplanes were used to get the antitoxin to those infected by the disease.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What was actually used to help transport the antitoxin to the people infected by the disease?

a)

airplanes

b)

trains

c)

submarine

d)

dog sleds

6.

"Diphtheria is a very contagious disease."


What does the word contagious mean?

a)

easily spread from person to person

b)

easily treatable

c)

impossible to catch

d)

harmless

7.

What was the name of the dog who led the sled team to get the antitoxin?

a)

Tonto

b)

Bruce

c)

Balto

d)

Hidalgo

8.

Why is diphtheria a dangerous disease?

a)

highly contagious; difficulty breathing and swallowing

b)

causes cancer

c)

no medicine to treat it

d)

It is not dangerous.

9.

Where is there a statue of Balto?

a)

Paris, France

b)

Nome, Alaska

c)

Central Park in New York City

d)

Columbia, South Carolina

10.

TRUE or FALSE: The Great Race of Mercy is a story about how sled dogs helped to save citizens in Alaska from a terrible disease.

a)

True

b)

False