WorksheetsChapter 4 Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
What does it mean if someone or something is asymptomatic?
a person who has a disease/infection
a person who has a disease/infection and doesn't show symptoms
a person who doesn't have a disease/infection and doesn't show symptoms
a person who has a disease/infection and shows symptoms
What does discreet mean?
loudly
suspiciously
quietly
A noisy toy that makes a lot of noise.
What does "scolding" mean?
to censure usually severely or angrily
to pour hot water onto something/someone
to take out or up with or as if with a scoop
approve or praise
Why was the Warren family ashamed to have caught typhoid? (page 74)
it was a disease that, before this, infected lower class citizens
it was a disease that, before this, infected upper class citizens
it was a disease that, before this, infected only americans
it was a disease that, before this, infected only new yorkers
What does elaborate mean?
to make more clear or explicit
to understand thoroughly
to make something more prepared
planned or carried out with great care
What year did Mary die? (page 84)
1938
1928
1937
1927
What does whisked mean?
small hairs on the face of a cat
to take or move (someone or something) in a particular direction suddenly and quickly.
to remove someone from an email
a kitchen utensil
What is hygiene?
conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease
an element on the periodic table
a dental assistant
the definition of a germ
What is a reputation?
a mood or feeling
the belief that one group is better than another
the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something.
someones social class
What do epidemiologists do?
Study elements
study people
study diseases
study only cholera
Who is the author of Patient Zero?
Marilee Peter
Marilee Peters
Typhoid in New York began in the year (a) .
What does contaminate mean?
to change one thing and make it into another
make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.
to make something irrelevant
to make something different than it originally was
What is an outbreak?
the sudden or prolonged start of something welcome, such as peace or prosperity
the sudden or violent start of something positive
the sudden or violent start of a science experiment
the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome, such as war, disease, etc.
What does exception mean?
Exception means an event that is considered part of the usual course of events.
Exception means a situation that is the same from the norm.
a person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.
Exception means an opportunity to do something that you might not be able to do normally.
What does eager mean?
when someone does not want to do something
when someone is excited
dreading to do something
wanting to do something
Reorder the following moments from Patient Zero from first to last.
George Soper discovers that Mary carried typhoid and other diseases
Two Warren Sisters fall ill
George Thomas hires George Soper to investigate the illnesses
Mary is quarantined
True or False: Mary died in quarantine (page 84)
True
False
What does elude mean?
to evade or escape something
to call upon something
to reference something
to run from something
Draw what Mary looks like to you!

