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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine: A Delicate Situation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did Clarkson have?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 6, about how many persons were ill with the fever?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 6,000.
(c) 7,000.
(d) 8,000.

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) Charles Neece.
(b) John Mitchell.
(c) Davis Miller.
(d) Byant Whitcomb.

4. What was the name of Dr. Rush's sister who died during the plague?
(a) Martha.
(b) Julia.
(c) Anna.
(d) Rebecca.

5. 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) Silversmith.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Apothecary.
(d) Cabinetmaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day did the death toll fall below thirty?

2. By September 5, how many of Dr. Rush's patients did he claim improved with the Ten-and-Ten treatment?

3. What did many people sprinkle around their rooms after whitewashing them?

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

5. How many times a day did Charles Willson Peale fire a musket inside his house?

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