Yellow Fever 6B Quiz

“To head off a catastrophe, health officials are struggling to vaccinate 23 million people.”

Based on the image of yellow fever presented in the article, what do you think “catastrophe” means?

• A very helpful or valuable event

• An enormous surge in the number of mosquitoes breeding in a single season

• A terrible event that causes great destruction or suffering

• An extremely long line in front of a medical facility or clinic

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(3) SÃO PAULO — “Good morning!” a loudspeaker blared recently in the working class São Paulo suburb called Jardim Monte Alegre. “We’ve got your yellow fever vaccine, and today we’re going house to house! You better wake up because mosquitoes never sleep!”

(4) Twenty health workers piled out of cars. Though they laughed and chatted with locals, their mission was deadly serious.

How does the quote help the writer develop this section of article?

• The speaker of the quote is a good source because they are actually there in the community to help provide vaccinations.

• The quote is a strong source to explain what some critics call “Brazil’s slow response” to the yellow fever outbreaks.

• The health care workers will be going door-to-door to perform yellow fever vaccinations.

• The writer is using a quote to help to introduce the setting of the article and to draw the reader into the fight against yellow fever in Brazil.

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Which informational text organizational pattern is this?

"The author introduces a problem that needs to be solved and describes a solution that is (or could be) used to address the problem."

• Advantage/Disadvantage

• Problem/Solution

• Classification

• Definition

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“I saw a video on WhatsApp with a girl who said she was paralyzed after taking the vaccine.”

Which choice best describes what role this sentence has in developing the article?

• It provides a description of the government missteps that have left millions of Brazilians unvaccinated.

• It is an illustration of the impact that the change in virus pattern has had on the country of Brazil.

• It is an example of the false rumors that have made many Brazilians suspicious of the yellow fever vaccine.

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“This year’s caseload is 26 percent higher than at this time last year, and with more hot, rainy months ahead, the figure is destined to increase.”

Which answer option best describes what role this sentence has in developing the article?

• It is an example of the false rumors that have made many Brazilians suspicious of the yellow fever vaccine.

• It provides a description of the government missteps that have left millions of Brazilians unvaccinated.

• It is an illustration of the impact that the change in virus pattern has had on the country of Brazil.

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What is the definition of "campaign"?

• adj. successful

• n. a formal and organized choice by vote of a person

• n. a set of organized actions to achieve a goal

• vb. to begin

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Which detail best shows how yellow fever is "impossible to completely eliminate"?

• By 1905 the United States was free of the disease.

• And between 1902 and 1914—thanks to an effective battle against germ-bearing mosquitoes in Central America—U.S. workers were able to safely build the Panama Canal.

• Although his efforts were unsuccessful, Carroll ultimately came to believe that the disease is caused by a microbe that is much smaller than bacteria.

• And by 1927 scientists knew that the disease was produced by a virus—an extremely tiny, extremely simple microorganism that is so much smaller than bacteria, it cannot be seen with an ordinary microscope.

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Which text evidence detail supports why yellow fever is "impossible to completely eliminate"?

• They also learned that the virus may have to remain in the insect’s body for as much as seventeen days before the bug can infect a person with the disease.

• To scientists, this information was particularly interesting because it explained why some of the Reed team’s volunteers did not come down with yellow fever after being bitten.

• Researchers learned that an infected female mosquito can pass the virus on to all her offspring through her eggs.

• Today, researchers believe that the yellow fever virus originated in West Africa and was brought to the Americas by slave ships carrying infected insects.

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What led Dr. James Carroll to eventually suggest that yellow fever is caused by a microbe that is much smaller than bacteria?

• Dr. Carroll used a microscope that allowed him to detect microbes that were previously impossible to see.

• Dr. Agramonte convinced Dr. Carroll that yellow fever was not caused by bacteria. 

• Dr. Carroll was unable to detect a yellow fever microbe in his research, which led him to believe the germ was smaller than bacteria.

• Dr. James Carroll discovered that yellow fever is caused by a virus that was much smaller than any bacteria.

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Due to the doctors and scientists research, there is now a cure for yellow fever.

• True

• False