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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. By September 17, how many burials were taking place daily?
(a) 85.
(b) 75.
(c) 70.
(d) 80.

2. What year was a French watercolor done to show a yellow fever victim in the early stages of the illness?
(a) 1819.
(b) 1751.
(c) 1796.
(d) 1902.

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

4. How many watchmen were supposed to watch the streets of Philadelphia at night?
(a) 23.
(b) 37.
(c) 41.
(d) 16.

5. What state refused to allow a ship from Philadelphia to land and take on water?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Delaware.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the servant boy that Dr. Rush trained to open a vein and see the sick?

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

3. During the plague, how many days might it take for a letter to be sent to or from Philadelphia?

4. When was the Free African Society founded?

5. What type of church did Rev. J. Henry C. Helmuth pastor?

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