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Cause and Effect
Summary and Plot
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Moved forward suddenly
Lunged
100
The name of the person the article is about.
Mary Mallon
100
What was the pattern that followed Mary wherever she went?
People got sick
100
What is the name of the deadly disease?
Typhoid
200
Carried from one place to another
Transferred
200
Who argued that it was against the law to lock her up in jail?
Mary Mallon
200
How did Mary spread typhoid?
Didn't wash her hands before cooking meals.
200
When did the events take place?
1900s
300
Examining closely and carefully
Investigating
300
The first way people thought typhoid was spread.
Spoiled Milk
300
Why was typhoid such a serious disease?
Many people died from it.
300
What did the government do to Mary throughout the article?
They locked her up in jail.
400
Disease
Condition
400
The place where the article took place.
New York
400
Why did Mary get locked up the first time?
They want to stop her from spreading typhoid.
400
What did people do at the end of the story when visiting Mary?
They didn't eat her cooking.
500
Having a bad reputation
Infamous
500
Name 3 symptoms of typhoid.
Fever, chills, headache, coughing, nosebleeds, sick to stomach, and a red rash
500
How does Mary react to the first doctor?
She ignores her and keeps on working.
500
Where did Mary get 25 people sick?
Sloane Hospital