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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What day of the week did Catherine LeMaigre die?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Monday.

5. How old was Isaac Heston when the plague struck Philadelphia?
(a) 31.
(b) 44.
(c) 21.
(d) 17.

6. Where did the sloop Amelia come from?
(a) Santo Domingo.
(b) Borneo.
(c) Bahamas.
(d) Antigua.

7. In 1793, what percent of Philadelphia's black worked as live-in domestic workers?
(a) About 35%.
(b) 69%.
(c) 80%.
(d) Over 50%.

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

9. What was the average yearly income in Philadelphia in 1793?
(a) $100.
(b) $300.
(c) $200.
(d) $400.

10. How long had medical professionals believed that disease was caused by body humors being out of balance?
(a) 700 years.
(b) 500 years.
(c) 3,000 years.
(d) 2,500 years.

11. When was a portrait of Absalom Jones painted by Raphaelle?
(a) 1787.
(b) 1794.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1810.

12. How many people died in two houses on the same street during one week?
(a) 15.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

13. How old was Benjamin Rush in 1793?
(a) 61.
(b) 39.
(c) 54.
(d) 47.

14. How many shops were in Philadelphia in 1793?
(a) 415.
(b) 312.
(c) 229.
(d) 184.

15. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) July 31.
(b) August 3.
(c) August 1.
(d) July 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of the state house building were the rooms of Joseph Fry, the doorkeeper who died from the fever?

2. Where did federal department heads move their offices?

3. What was the name of Clarkson's son who died during the plague?

4. Who lent his house to George and Martha Washington?

5. How many Guardians were in charge of caring for the poor who did not live in the city almshouse?

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