Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas

What did Vivien Thomas design?

• fast cars

• needles

• scalples

• dresses

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Where did Vivien Thomas grow up?

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Detroit, Michigan

• Nashville, Tennessee

• Columbia, South Carolina

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Vivien's father was a....

• doctor

• race car driver

• mechanic

• master carpenter

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From a young age, Vivien dreamed of...

• studying medicine

• going to college

• attending medical school

• all of the above

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Vivien had to start saving for college all over again after the stock market crashed. What year was this?

• 1863

• 1929

• 1958

• 1796

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Why were jobs scarce for carpenters such as Vivien and his father? Mark all applicable answers.

• Nobody wanted to hire a carpenter.

• People couldn't afford to buy new houses.

• People couldn't afford costly home repairs.

• No one needed to have their car worked on.

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Sometimes Vivien assisted Dr. Blalock with an experiment. Other days, Dr. Blalock assisted Vivien.

• True

• False

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What did Vivien discover was his official job description?

• researcher

• lab assistant

• janitor

• teacher

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In 1941, Dr. Blalock was invited to become Chief of Surgery at another hospital and insisted that Vivien come with him. What were Vivien's concerns?

• He didn't want to leave Nashville.

• He knew he would most likely be fired after Dr. Blalock left.

• Many of the doctors were not happy that Vivien had been working independently as a researcher.

• All of the above.

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At Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, Vivien found that things were much more segregated.

• True

• False

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