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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven: By Twelve Only.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What eye condition did Matthew Clarkson have?
(a) Cataracts.
(b) Amblyopia.
(c) Strabismus.
(d) Blepharitis.

2. Who was the owner of Bush Hill?
(a) Robert Ashworth.
(b) David Browning.
(c) George Smythe.
(d) William Hamilton.

3. How many groups in Philadelphia stepped forward and offered to help with the sick and deceased?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. About how many blacks in Philadelphia were slaves?
(a) 148.
(b) 500.
(c) 79.
(d) 200.

5. Where did John Bill Ricketts take his circus for the summer?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Salem.
(d) Manhattan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Overseers were in charge of managing the city almshouse?

2. What year was a French watercolor done to show a yellow fever victim in the early stages of the illness?

3. A few days before being called to care for Catherine LeMaigre, which doctor had lost his daughter to the same fever?

4. In 1793, what percent of Philadelphia's black worked as live-in domestic workers?

5. How many blacks were Jones and Allen in direct contact with who might have helped tend the sick?

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