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Teacher Directions:
This is a quiz based on a CNN Health article on cancer death rates. The article can be located at http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/27/health.cancer.death.rate/index.html. This article should take students between 10-15 minutes to read and about 10-15 minutes to complete the quiz. An article such as this should be assigned to students the night before. The quiz should be given the following day.

1.According to the American Cancer Society, how many lives have been spared from cancer between 1990 and 2005?

A.650
B.6,500
C.65,000
D.650,000

2.How many new cancer diagnoses in the U.S. is expected in 2009?

A.1.5 million
B.2.5 million
C.5.5 million
D.7.5 million

3.How many people in the U.S. are expected to die of cancer in 2009?

A.262,340
B.362,340
C.462,340
D.562,340

4.What type of cancer is causing African American women to die at a greater rate than Caucasian women?

A.Lung cancer
B.Breast cancer
C.Colon cancer
D.Pancreatic cancer

5.The decrease use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has decreased death rates for what type of cancer?

A.Colon cancer
B.Lung cancer
C.Pancreatic cancer
D.Breast cancer

6.What epidemic may fuel a rise in breast cancer death rates?

A.Obesity epidemic
B.Drug and alcohol epidemic
C.AIDS epidemic
D.Diabetes epidemic

7.Lung cancer is expected to account for what percentage of all cancer deaths in women in 2009?

A.6 percent
B.16 percent
C.26 percent
D.36 percent


8.Name three types of cancer which death rates have decreased in men from 1990-2005.


9.Name three types of cancer which death rates are currently increasing in women.


10.Name two types of preventative measures women can take when screening for cancer.


This quiz would be graded on a 10 point scale with each question being worth one point. Every question and answer is based off the reading. A teacher will know whether or not their students read based upon how well they did on the quiz. The quiz is self explanatory but is a little tricky because many percentages and number facts were used. The teacher should advise their students to pay close attention to all percentages and number facts. This is an excellent article because it mentions a lot of information about cancer and the obesity epidemic. An article and quiz such as this can be used as a lead up to a unit based on human disease or illnesses (cancer) and even exercise because of the obesity epidemic information presented in the article.