The Diagnosis PT 1 and 2

What class was Peg in when she first began to feel sick?

• chorus (choir)

• P.E.

• Homecoming

• Science

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

List two symptoms Peg experienced before she went to the hospital.

• cheering, non-stop clapping

• Uncontrollable dancing, singing

• blurry vision, heart racing

• hands shaking, twitching of her thigh

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why did Peg’s parents take her to the hospital?

• She was diagnosed with Polio.

• To go give her friend a visit

• To go donate blood

• To visit her father

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How did Peg feel when the doctor told her she had polio?

• Excited

• Indifferent

• Polite

• She panicked.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Why was Peg placed in isolation?

• To contaminate others

• To be with her friends.

• To make her laugh.

• So she does not contaminate others.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

What might have happened if Peg's family ignored her symptoms?

• The doctors would be upset

• The character would get better on their own

• The illness would get worse

• Nothing would change

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

Who helps the main character during the diagnosis?

• Teacher and classmates

• Her parents and the doctors

• Friends and neighbors

• Coaches and teammates

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What does the narrator mean when she says "My legs buckled as if I had nothing but cotton inside my skin."

• Her bones fell out of her skin.

• She wore a belt around her waist.

• Her legs felt weak.

• She ate cotton candy at the fair.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why did Peg not inform her mother about her falling down and other symptomps?

• It was not serious.

• She wanted to keep singing.

• She was scared of her mother.

• She did not want to stay home and miss Homecoming.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why did Peg fall asleep right away when she went to bed?

• She finished her homework.

• She drank coffee.

• She had so much energy.

• She was tired.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1