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

2. What paper did Andrew Brown publish?
(a) Daily News.
(b) National Gazette.
(c) Federal Gazette.
(d) Chronicle.

3. What type of church did Reverend Mr. Helmuth pastor?
(a) Episcopal.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Lutheran.
(d) Quaker.

4. Where did Dolley Payne Todd go during the fever outbreak?
(a) Gray's Ferry.
(b) Providence.
(c) Camden.
(d) Germantown.

5. By the time Dr. Rush contracted yellow fever, how many doctors had died?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what alley did Helmuth find 40 dead?

2. Who had President Washington put in charge when he left Philadelphia?

3. When Israel Israel finally won an election of Pennsylvania state legislature, by how many votes did he win?

4. How many cords of wood did a subcommittee obtain before winter set in?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 6, about how many persons were ill with the fever?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did George Washington do on November 10?

2. Who Was Dolley Payne Todd?

3. How did Dr. Jean Deveze treat fever patients?

4. Where did water come from in 1793?

5. Who was Stephen Girard?

6. What did Rev. Helmuth write about visits he made at night to visit the sick?

7. What was bloodletting?

8. What signs were there that the fever seemed to be gaining in strength and deadliness in Chapter 8?

9. Why were the special committee members taking a risk when they borrowed money to run the city?

10. What type of treatment did Dr. Rush prescribe at the beginning of the epidemic?

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