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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much money was donated to refugees from Santo Domingo?
(a) $15,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $10,000.

3. How many times a day did Charles Willson Peale fire a musket inside his house?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

4. What was the name of the newspaper that was printed at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) City Paper.
(b) Daily News.
(c) Inquirer.
(d) The Federal Gazette.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many died on September 8?

2. What type of church did Rev. J. Henry C. Helmuth pastor?

3. Where did Jones and Allen discover a house where the mother was dead, the father was dying, and the children were huddled together, frightened and hungry?

4. About how many blacks in Philadelphia were slaves?

5. Where was the mansion located that was commandeered for a place to care for seriously ill patients?

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of services did the Free African Society perform for the sick?

2. What was the problem with the French that troubled President Washington?

3. What did Dr. Benjamin Duffield recommend be done to deal with the fever?

4. What type of power did the mayor of Philadelphia have?

5. Why did Benjamin Rush ask the Free African society to help nurse the sick and attend to the dead?

6. Describe Matthew Clarkson's upbringing and career.

7. What business was conducted by the members of the Pennsylvania legislature before they adjourned?

8. Who were the first two doctors called to see Catherine LeMaigre?

9. Why was there a stench originating from Ball's Wharf?

10. In her journal, what did Elizabeth Drinker say about the fever on August 28?

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