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WorksheetsThe Great race of Mercy
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What year did the Great Race of Mercy occur?
1926
1935
1925
2019
In what state this this event take place?
Maryland
South Carolina
California
Alaska
What is the name of the disease that was a part of the outbreak in 1925?
Yellow Fever
Diphtheria
Smallpox
Enfluenza
TRUE or FALSE: Airplanes were used to get the antitoxin to those infected by the disease.
True
False
What was actually used to help transport the antitoxin to the people infected by the disease?
airplanes
trains
submarine
dog sleds
"Diphtheria is a very contagious disease."
What does the word contagious mean?
easily spread from person to person
easily treatable
impossible to catch
harmless
What was the name of the dog who led the sled team to get the antitoxin?
Tonto
Bruce
Balto
Hidalgo
Why is diphtheria a dangerous disease?
highly contagious; difficulty breathing and swallowing
causes cancer
no medicine to treat it
It is not dangerous.
Where is there a statue of Balto?
Paris, France
Nome, Alaska
Central Park in New York City
Columbia, South Carolina
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.
True
False
