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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. What Revolutionary War hero wrote begging Dr. Rush for his help during the 1797 yellow fever epidemic?
(a) Adam Monroe.
(b) Haym Solomon.
(c) Crispus Attucks.
(d) Thaddeus Kosciusko.

2. What was the occupation of a man named Mr. Brooks who reopened his shop on October 31 and died of yellow fever on November 3?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Cabinetmaker.
(c) Apothecary.
(d) Silversmith.

3. Whose letter did Dr. Rush find in his old medical books about the yellow plagues that had occurred in Virginia about fifty years earlier?
(a) John Mitchell.
(b) Charles Neece.
(c) Davis Miller.
(d) Byant Whitcomb.

4. For how many days did Peter Helm and Stephen Girard attend to Bush HIll?
(a) 60 days.
(b) 40 days.
(c) 50 days.
(d) 70 days.

5. After Dr. Rush's assistants bled him and administered the purge, how many days did it take for him to get back on his feet?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the 1700s, what was often prescribed to break a slight fever?

3. After Dr. Rush seemed to be cured of yellow fever, how many patients sought him in a day?

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

5. What was the name of Dr. Rush's sister who died during the plague?

Short Essay Questions

1. What other problems did Philadelphia have other than the plague?

2. Who was Stephen Girard?

3. What type of treatment did Dr. William Currie recommend?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what were conditions like at Bush Hill?

5. What problem did Thomas Sim Lee, governor of Maryland, ask Washington to help him solve?

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

7. What was the Ten-and-Ten treatment?

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

9. Why were conditions so desperate at Bush Hill?

10. Where did water come from in 1793?

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