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In Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret,
What month did Peg’s ordeal begin?
What grade was Peg in when she had Polio?
How far away was Peg’s house from the school?
What was Peg’s temperature the day she collapsed?
How far away was the hospital in Minneapolis from her house?
What was the name of the hospital Peg stayed at in Minneapolis?
What did Peg’s mouth feel like?
Name 1 of 2 names for polio.
Which President got polio as a young father?
What grade was the author in when diagnosed?
Name the hospital isolation ward in Minnesota.
What is respiratory polio?
What is the least common type of Polio?
What form of polio did the author have?
What was another name for respirator?
Name 1 of 2 songs author remembers family singing before she got
polio.
Where was her brother, Art a freshman in school?
What was the name of Peg's favorite doctor?
What did author’s parents sneak in for her when she hadn’t eaten for a
week?
What book was burned to prevent spreading the author’s virus?
Name 1 of 2 professions author wanted to be when she grew up?
What did the author call exercise?
Who were Peg's roommates?
What's the name of Peg's nurse in Sheltering Arms?
September
7th grade
twelve blocks
102 degrees
100 miles
Sheltering Arms Hosital
full of sawdust
Poliomyelitis or Infantile Paralysis
FDR or Franklin (Delano) Roosevelt
7th
Sheltering Arms
Polio that causes difficulty breathing
Bulbar polio
Bulbar
Iron Lung
You are My Sunshine or Kentucky Babe
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Carlton College
Dr. Bevis
Chocolate milkshake
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Anne of Green Gables
Writer or vet
Torture Time
Shirley, Renee, Alice, and Dorothy
Miss Ballard
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In Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret,
What was the special thing they did at Peg's birthday?
Peg's parents made a movie of all of them
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Occupational Therapy
Marbles
Pop a wheelie
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BJ
Blue Skies, I’ve Been Working on the
Railroad, You are my Sunshine, Row, Row,
Row Your Boat, Three Blind Mice
What instrument did Peg learn to play?
The accordion
What did the author’s father learn in order to surprise her?
Accordian
Where did Peg's walking stick come from?
Canada
Name 1 of 3 adult books the author first read.
War & Peace, Scarlet Letter, Hunchback of
Notre Dame
What did the author use as aid after using a wheelchair?
Walking Sticks
What did the author name her wheelchair?
Silver
What did they sing at the Christmas Pageant
Silent Night
What book did the author have trouble parting with, though she hadn’t Donkey-Donkey
read it in five years?
What were Peg's first symptoms?
leg twitches, sore throat, headache,
weakness
Which president of the United States had polio?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Where did Peg live when she was diagnosed with Polio?
Austin, Minnesota
How old was Peg when she was diagnosed with Polio?
12
Which president got polio?
Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt
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What is O.T. short for in the book?
What did the author have to pick up with her toes for therapy?
What was the author’s favorite trick in her wheelchair?
What color was Peg's family's oldsmobile?
What's the name of Peg's dog?
Name 2 of 5 songs the kids sang in the dark, after lights out.
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