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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven: A Modern-Day Time Bomb.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Quarantine Hospital set on fire?
(a) August 8, 1858.
(b) November 12, 1858.
(c) September 1, 1858.
(d) October 14, 1858.

2. When was the Free African Society founded?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1787.
(c) 1772.
(d) 1764.

3. Where was a Philadelphia woman and her black servant tarred and feathered?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Manhattan, New York.
(d) Milford, Delaware.

4. When was the last time that there was a yellow fever epidemic?
(a) 1762.
(b) 1719.
(c) 1784.
(d) 1684,

5. By September 5, how many of Dr. Rush's patients did he claim improved with the Ten-and-Ten treatment?
(a) 29 out of 30.
(b) 3 out of 5.
(c) 15 out of 20.
(d) 8 out of 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did many people sprinkle around their rooms after whitewashing them?

2. Where did the sloop Amelia come from?

3. How long did George Washington plan to be gone from Philadelphia when he left the city?

4. What type of church did Reverend Mr. Helmuth pastor?

5. How many rooms were there in Bush Hill?

(see the answer key)

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