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WorksheetsTyphoid
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 7mins
How does Quincy think that she got typhoid?
Her cook had it.
She went on vacation to an area where there was an epidemic.
She ate food that had been contaminated with the typhoid bacteria.
She went swimming in a water source contaminated with typhoid.
Why didn't Quincy give typhoid to anyone else in her family? Choose the most likely reason.
They all had stronger immune systems than her.
She only had it for a few days before she started antibiotics, so they didn't have time to get it.
She was quarantined so she couldn't give it to them.
She washes her hands well after going to the bathroom.
What was Quincy's response to having typhoid?
She cried and became depressed.
She felt like it was divine wrath and prayed.
She felt like it was a random thing that happened to her that antibiotics quickly cured.
She couldn't talk about it because it was so traumatizing.
Who contacted Quincy's parents when she was diagnosed with typhoid?
The Center for Disease Control
Journalists
President Trump
Alan Knobloch
Why did the Center for Disease Control contact Quincy's family?
They wanted to do research on her.
They wanted to help her find the correct medication.
They wanted to know if she needed to be quarantined so that the disease didn't spread.
They DIDN'T contact her parents.
True or false: Typhoid was common in the United States one hundred years ago.
True
False
What was typhoid associated with at the time when Mary Mallon was a cook?
Filth and poverty
Divine wrath
Hospitals
Oceans and lakes
What is the mortality rate for typhoid?
10-20%
20-30%
50-60%
70-80%
In order to get typhoid, you need to have been exposed to bacteria from an infected person's...
Hands
Saliva
Feces
Blood
Why was Mary Mallon a mystery to investigators?
She spread typhoid but was healthy herself.
She had a strong accent so they couldn't understand her.
She kept working despite having symptoms of typhoid.
She kept threatening them and they didn't understand why.
How could Mary have avoided transmitting typhoid?
Covering her mouth when she sneezed
Making sure that when she had a cut, she covered it with a bandaid
Washing her hands well after going to the bathroom
There is nothing that she could have done.
True or false: Typhoid survives only on uncooked food
True
False
What belief of Mary's in the video explains why she didn't think that was a typhoid carrier?
"I had typhoid a long time ago, so how could I still be contagious?"
"I've never had typhoid, so how could I give it to other people?"
"God decides who has typhoid and who doesn't, not me."
"Miasmas caused by sewer gases spread typhoid, not people."
Some historians think that Mary Mallon was a victim of...
Racism
Sexism
Prejudice against immigrants
Classism (prejudice against poor people)
True or false: All of the families that Mary cooked for got typhoid.
True
False
True or False: Mary Mallon is the only known healthy typhoid carrier in history.
True
False
