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Scholastic Article of the Week (History Makers: Jonas Salk)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2hrs 37mins

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1.

Select the best definition for the word virus used in the article.

a)

a very large vacuum

b)

a small bug that lives underground

c)

tiny particle that can cause an illness

d)

a program that destroys your computer

2.

Select the best definition for the word symptom.

a)

an agreed upon time to meet with a doctor

b)

changes in the body that indicate an illness

c)

to view things from above

d)

a tiny particle that can cause an illness

3.

What is the article mainly about?

a)

the ways a diseased called polio spread across the United States

b)

how a vaccine works

c)

scientists working on a covid-19 vaccine

d)

a disease called polio and the scientist who created a vaccine for it

4.

What illness did Jonas Salk discover a vaccine for?

a)

Covid-19

b)

Polio

c)

Measles

d)

Chicken Pox

5.

Who discovered the vaccine for polio?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Elizabeth Blackwell

c)

Jonas Salk

d)

Charles Drew

6.

How did polio spread from one person to another?

a)

the water supply, coughs & sneezes

b)

by the food people ate

c)

only through the air

d)

it didn't spread very easily

7.

Who did polio effect the most?

a)

women

b)

men

c)

kids

d)

the elderly

8.

Elizabeth Blackwell with the first __________________ in the United States.

a)

female doctor

b)

female reporter

c)

female president

d)

female principal

9.

Select the sentence that uses the word symptom correctly.

a)

The symptom was really rude to me today.

b)

What are some of your symptoms?

c)

The doctor gave me a symptom to take when I get home.

d)

Sometimes I symptom, sometimes I don't

10.

Select the sentence that uses the word virus correctly.

a)

Wow, did you see what that virus was wearing?

b)

I studied really hard and got an A on my virus.

c)

Yum, that virus tasted great!

d)

Please make sure you wash to hands to get any viruses.