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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine: A Delicate Situation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Charles Willson Peale's wife's name?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Patience.
(d) Martha.

2. Who was the governor of Maryland in 1793?
(a) John David Smythe.
(b) Thomas Sim Lee.
(c) Bryan Andrews.
(d) Matthew Vining.

3. How old was Matthew Clarkson when the plague struck Philadelphia?
(a) 57.
(b) 60.
(c) 39.
(d) 48.

4. After Dr. Rush seemed to be cured of yellow fever, how many patients sought him in a day?
(a) 200.
(b) 75.
(c) 150.
(d) 100.

5. What did A.B., a contributor to "Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser," find in rainwater barrels?
(a) Dead cats.
(b) Garbage.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Dead dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the occupation of a man named Mr. Brooks who reopened his shop on October 31 and died of yellow fever on November 3?

2. How many times a day did Charles Willson Peale fire a musket inside his house?

3. How many children did Clarkson have?

4. How many bleedings did the Free African Society perform?

5. How many people do historians estimate fled from Philadelphia during the fever?

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