Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio Chapters 13-15

What kind of instrument did Peg have to learn to play in Occupational Therapy?

• the piano

• an accordion

• the flute

• none

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

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How did Peg's dad learn to play the Polka on the accordion so well so fast?

• He learned to play on his own.

• Peg's brother, Art, showed him how to play the accordion.

• He rented one from the music store and practiced until midnight every night.

• He learned how to play in the OT room as the hospital.

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

Who was the teacher at Sheltering Arms?

• Mrs.West

• It doesn't say

• Dr.Bevis

• Willlie

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

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How did Peg stay up with her classmates at her regular school?

• She watched the lessons on Zoom.

• Peg's teacher came to the hospital to tutor her.

• Mrs.West, the hospital teacher, taught her.

• Her mom brought textbooks and weekly assignments for her to work on at the hospital.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

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Why did Peg work so hard to teach herself history and math?

• She was bored at the hospital and wanted extra work to do.

• She didn't want to be a grade behind.

• She wanted to tutor her roommates.

• She wanted to please her parents.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

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Why was Sister Kenny called 'sister' if she wasn't a Catholic Nun?

• Because she had many sisters in her family.

• Sister is an Australian military term, equivalent to first lieutenant in the US Army.

• She decided to use that as her nickname.

• She wanted others to think she was a Catholic nun.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

How did Sister Kenny develop her treatments?

• She used hot pieces of cloth on a sick child which inspired her idea.

• She tried using this treatment on herself.

• She read about this treatment in a book.

• She learned it from another doctor.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

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CCSS.RL.7.2

Why did Sister Kenny know so much about muscles?

• She learned about while she served in the war.

• She went to college to learn about muscles.

• Her brother's muscles were weak when he was a child.

• She learned it from other doctors in the United States.

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

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CCSS.RL.7.1

What happened to Sister Kenny in December, 1942?

• The Sister Kenny Institute, a place where they taught her theories and methods, was dedicated in Minneapolis.

• She moved from the United States to Australia.

• She saved her brother's life.

• All of the above.

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What did they do with polio patients before Sister Kenny's treatments?

• Kept them at home with their parents.

• Put them in splints and casts to keep their arms and legs straight.

• Made the patients attend OT therapy.

• Kept them in the hospital.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2