Show:
Important People
Polio
Metaphoric Language
Roommate Rituals
What Does Peg Want?
100
She was always loving toward Peg and helped raised her.
What is Peg's mom?
100
This causes you to lose movement in your legs and arms.
What is spinal polio?
100
"I felt like the Raggedy Ann doll I'd left on my bed at home."
What is a simile?
100
This was the time of the week all the roommates looked forward to.
What is Sunday afternoons?
100
This is what Peg wanted and what she grabbed with a wooden back scratcher.
What are cookies?
200
She assisted Peg in her recovery process with love and kind words.
Who is Miss. Ballard?
200
This type of polio makes it hard to breath.
What is respiratory polio?
200
"My fingers lay like an empty _______."
What is glove?
200
Peg tried teaching this to her roommates and ended up on the floor.
What is the hula?
200
When Peg goes home, she wants this person to harmonize with.
Who is Alice?
300
He told Peg to walk for him.
Who is Dr. Bevis?
300
This helps patients breath. Tommy was stuck in one
What is an iron lung?
300
"My confidence grew like Jack's ______________."
What is beanstalk?
300
This is where Peg stored treats for all the roommates.
What is under the bed?
300
Peg longs for these long, brown, and sturdy devices that help her recovery.
What are walking sticks?
400
This person requested marshmallows from Peg's parents.
Who is Shirley?
400
If polio wasn't treated correctly, patients sometimes got this. It is what Alice suffered from.
What is drop foot?
400
"When he finished the song, our questions exploded like a string of _______________."
What are firecrackers?
400
These are the names of two characters from a show about a an alone ranger.
What is Tonto and Kemo Sabe?
400
A smooth cocoa substance that was given to Peg in isolation.
What is a chocolate milkshake?
500
This person is known for inventing the hot pack treatments for Polio patients.
Who is Sister Kenny?
500
This part of the recovery process or therapy allowed patients to make belts, purses, and even move marbles with their feet!
What is O.T. Therapy?
500
"her rendition was flawless: clear, true notes strung together in a ________ of sound."
What is necklace?
500
Almost every night, after lights out, the girls of room 202 would do this.
What is sing?
500
This cute and cuddly animal was torched after Peg left.
What is a teddy bear?