Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio

Who is the author of 'Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio"?

• Peg Kehret

• Justin Beiber

• Peggy Smith

• Tommy Kehret

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What did Peg not want to miss on the the day she started having symptoms?

• Chorus class

• A dance

• Homecoming parade

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What was the first symptom Peg felt of polio?

• Headache

• Stomach pain

• A twitching in her arm

• A twitching muscle in her left thigh

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What happened when Peg walked toward her locker?

• She opened it.

• She collapsed--her legs gave out.

• Her friend stopped her to talk.

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Why were no visitors allowed in to see Peg?

• They couldn't risk spreading the disease

• The doctors were mean.

• Her family lived too far away.

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What was the name for the respirators people with polio were put into to help them breathe?

• iron lung

• oxygen tent

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What liquid was NOT allowed for bulbar polio patients to drink?

• milk

• juice

• water

• smoothies

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What was the only think Peg could eat or drink and that finally made her temperature drop?

• 7-Up

• water

• a chocolate milk shake

• juice

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How did Peg get the chocolate milkshake?

• Her parents brought it.

• The nurse brought it to her.

• Her friend Tommy.

• Her grandpa brought it.

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After receiving letters from her Austin classmates, Peg realized she...

• never wanted to return to class with them.
• couldn't remember what they looked like.
• felt closer to her roommate, Tommy, than to them.
• was a lot smarter than them.

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