MS BOB 2024: A Sporting Chance

In A Sporting Chance, what kind of ailment was paraplegia considered in the oldest recounted texts?

• An ailment to be treated with vinegar.

• An ailment to be treated by surgery.

• An ailment not to be treated.

• An ailment to be treated with exercise.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

In A Sporting Chance, what were the first vehicle accidents described in literature?

• Chariot

• Rocket Ship

• Flying saucer

• Bicycle

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

In A Sporting Chance, what made Ludwig Guttman’s university sports team unique?

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

In A Sporting Chance, what country did Nazi Germany want to foster good relations with in order to procure valuable natural resources?

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

In A Sporting Chance, paraplegia refers to the loss of sensation or paralysis of the lower half of the body. True or false?

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In A Sporting Chance, why was Ludwig Guttman unable to fight in the war as a young man? Select all that apply.

• He developed bed sores when he was hospitalized.

• He developed a lump on the side of his neck.

• He developed a cough and fever.

• He developed film.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In A Sporting Chance, athletes with disabilities other than spinal injuries competed at the Summer Paralympic Games for the first time in Atlanta (1996). True or false?

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

In A Sporting Chance, what are skittles?

• A game similar to golf.

• A game using a bag of sweets.

• A game similar to bowling.

• A game similar to soccer.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

In A Sporting Chance, who became the leader of Germany in 1933?

• Frederick the Great

• Otto von Bismark

• Wilhelm II

• Adolf Hitler

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

In A Sporting Chance, Ludwig Guttman perfected a technique to allow patients to relieve their bladders and prevent an unnecessary surgery that was prone to infection. True or false?

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2