1) What unusual about the typhoid outbreak in Oyster Bay, New York in 1906? a) six people in one house got sick with typhoid b) Charles Warren wanted to know how his house was infected. c) Typhoid usually spread in crowded, poor cities, not wealthy areas like Oyster Bay. 2) George Soper, a sanitation engineer, was hired by Charles Warren to:  a) clean the mansion carefully. b) figure out the source of the typhoid. c) teach people at the mansion how to stop spreading typhoid. 3) George discovered that the cook, Mary Mallon, was spreading typhoid by a) the food she cooked in the oven. b) the peach ice cream she made. c) not washing her hands after using the bathroom. 4) Mary was a carrier of typhoid, which means: a) she did not have symptoms, but could spread the disease to others b) She gave typhoid to everyone she knew c) She had typhoid germs in her blood 5) When George told Mary she was spreading typhoid, she a) chased him out of the kitchen with a fork b) cried because she felt so sorry c) stopped making ice cream 6) We can infer that Mary: a) was an evil person who liked getting people sick b) was a terrible cook c) didn't believe George because she wasn't sick 7) The strongest evidence that George was correct in naming Mary as the source of the typhoid outbreak was: a) her ice cream b) typhoid germs in her blood c) all the sick people in the mansion 8) What happened to Mary after the police arrested her? a) She went to prison b) She lived in isolation on an island c) She made ice cream for all the policemen 9) When she was released three years later, Mary a) moved away because she was so embarrassed b) got a new job as a cook in a different house c) finally believed George that she was spreading typhoid 10) Mary's actions were deadly because a) Dozens of people got sick. b) three people in 1910 did not understand how germs worked c) three people died from eating her food.

Tracking Down Typhoid Mary

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