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Mysteries Investigations Passage Comprehension Questions. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Health workers did what in order to be sure those cautious of the vaccine could be vaccinated?
a) warned people of the yellow fever vaccination
b) closed the clinics
c) took the vaccine to their homes
d) tricked people into getting vaccinated

In paragraph 13, the author uses this set of words to show the prevention of the disease spreading.
a) 'reach the cities'
b) 'cases faded out'
c) 'sighed with relief'
d) 'snuff the outbreak'

In paragraph 10, the author chooses to use language that shows ______________.
a) the health workers are gentle when giving vaccines.
b) how cautious the public should be about being vaccinated.
c) the health workers are very polite when entering your home.
d) how fast the process of being vaccinated is.

Which shows the second challenge faced by many health officials when vaccinating the public?
a) People were scared of being vaccinated.
b) Social media platforms were spreading terrifying rumors about the vaccination.
c) People would not agree to come out of their homes or answers their doors.
d) Mosquitoes were multiplying at an alarming rate.

Health officials faced which challenge when trying to vaccinate 23 million people.
a) The fact that mosquitoes never sleep.
b) The misstep of the government spreading rumors.
c) Brazil was suffering the worst yellow fever outbreak in 10 years.
d) The vaccination process was too long and drawn out.

The second factor that affected Dr. Reed's investigation was this.
a) A mosquito must carry the disease up to 17 days before infecting a person.
b) The disease would die after 2 days.
c) A patient must be bitten by a mosquito within the first 2 weeks of having yellow fever.
d) The disease was spread by bodily fluids.

The author closes paragraph 11 with the follow sentence to ____________. 'When the government of Paraguay failed to provide enough vaccines during a 2008 outbreak of the fever, desperate people mobbed clinics, yelling 'Vaccinations! Vaccinations!'
a) show people expected the state to cure the yellow fever
b) show that there are still outbreaks
c) warn people they should still be scared of the yellow fever
d) prove the government did not care about people catching yellow fever.

The first factor that affected Dr. Reed's investigations was what?
a) The disease only lived for 2 days.
b) A patient must be bitten by a mosquito within the first 3 days of having yellow fever.
c) The disease was spread via surface areas.
d) The disease would die after 2 weeks.

It was determined that the yellow fever was caused by _________.
a) microbes.
b) bacteria.
c) a virus.
d) germs.

Suzanne Jurmain conveys her belief that the most important factor in protecting people from the yellow fever was what?
a) producing a vacinne.
b) knowing where the yellow fever started.
c) finding a cure.
d) knowing how the fever was spread.

After he made this suggestion, the same doctor believed _________.
a) yellow fever was caused by a virus smaller than bacteria.
b) the yellow fever germ was smaller than bacteria.
c) he needed a better microscope as the microbes were impossible to see.
d) yellow fever was not caused by bacteria.

This doctor finally suggested that yellow fever was caused by something smaller than bacteria.
a) Dr. Reed
b) Dr. Carroll
c) Dr. Agramonte
d) Dr. Lazear

Choose one way in which Dr. Reed help better the future of science.
a) He implemented that all volunteers be let known the risks.
b) He was a hero.
c) He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
d) He had a hospital named after him.

Choose the word best comparable to the word 'war.'
a) produce
b) generate
c) army
d) prowl

Choose the word best comparable to the word 'battle'.
a) creep
b) mate
c) war
d) insecticide

Yellow fever spreads more slowly in __________ and more quickly in _________.
a) cold, dry weather of winter // cool weather, when the trees lose their leaves
b) cold, dry weather of winter // hot, rainy weather of summer
c) hot, rainy weather of summer // cold, dry weather of winter
d) hot, rainy weather of summer // cool weather, when the flowers bloom

The author shows that this contributed to outbreaks of yellow fever according to paragraphs 18-20.
a) Health workers refusing to be vaccinated themselves
b) Workers refusing to go into poor neighborhoods
c) The vaccine failing to work
d) The government failing to act quick enough

In paragraph 10, the author uses language to highlight _____________.
a) how quick the vaccination procedure was.
b) how gentle the vaccination was.
c) how polite the health officials were.
d) how people should be cautious of health officials.

It was determined that yellow fever was transmitted by ___________.
a) contaminated clothing.
b) Bacillus icteroides
c) mosquitoes
d) air borne pathogens

The word transmitted in the following sentence means __________. 'Doctors were working to figure out how yellow fever was being transmitted so quickly from town to town.'
a) to broadcast over a frequency
b) to pass through a medium
c) to communicate
d) to be passed from one person or place to another

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