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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten: Improvements and the Public Gratitude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many blacks were Jones and Allen in direct contact with who might have helped tend the sick?
(a) 350.
(b) 300.
(c) 250.
(d) 150.

2. When did Dr. Jean Deveze volunteer to work at Bush Hill?
(a) August 31.
(b) August 25.
(c) September 16.
(d) September 1.

3. Where was the city almshouse located?
(a) Ashton St.
(b) Spruce St.
(c) Main St.
(d) Water St.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people died in two houses on the same street during one week?

2. What did A.B., a contributor to "Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser," find in rainwater barrels?

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. How often had the College of Physicians promised to meet during the plague?

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

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