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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the militia company stationed that shot off a cannon in Chapter 4?
(a) Fort Mifflin.
(b) Fort Gaddis.
(c) Fort Ligonier.
(d) Fort Allen.

2. How many representatives met at the state house on August 27?
(a) 36.
(b) 23.
(c) 41.
(d) 18.

3. How many Guardians were in charge of caring for the poor who did not live in the city almshouse?
(a) 34.
(b) 14.
(c) 21.
(d) 17.

4. How many French refugees fled a fierce slave rebellion?
(a) 2,100.
(b) 712.
(c) 579.
(d) 1,200.

5. How many people who contracted yellow fever usually died from it?
(a) 75 percent.
(b) 10 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 25 percent.

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

7. On August 27, how many senators from the Pennsylvania legislature met at the state house?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

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

9. How many physicians from the College of Physicians showed up when Matthew Clarkson called a meeting?
(a) 25.
(b) 48.
(c) 16.
(d) 34.

10. Where did federal department heads move their offices?
(a) Germantown.
(b) Mercersburg.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Milbourne.

11. What did physicians call the tiny reddish sores that erupted on individuals who had the plague?
(a) Purpura.
(b) Stigma.
(c) Odium.
(d) Petechiae.

12. Who wrote a letter asking the Free African Society to nurse the sick and attend to the dead?
(a) Richard Allen.
(b) Absalom Jones.
(c) Matthew Clarkson.
(d) Benjamin Rush.

13. Who was the governor of Pennsylvania in 1793?
(a) Findlay.
(b) McKean.
(c) Mifflin.
(d) Snyder.

14. How many rooms were there in Bush Hill?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 10.
(d) 11.

15. Where was the mansion located that was commandeered for a place to care for seriously ill patients?
(a) 3 miles south of the city.
(b) At the western edge of the city.
(c) At eastern edge of the city.
(d) 2 ½ miles northwest of the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many died on September 8?

2. How many physicians were in Philadelphia in 1793?

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

4. How much money did the black leaders attempt to raise in order to build a new church?

5. How many shops were in Philadelphia in 1793?

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