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

2. How many died from yellow fever on Saturday, October 12?
(a) 62.
(b) 89.
(c) 111.
(d) 124.

3. When did Stephen Girard contract a mild case of yellow fever?
(a) September.
(b) July.
(c) August.
(d) October.

4. Where did John Bill Ricketts take his circus for the summer?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Salem.

5. How much money did the black leaders attempt to raise in order to build a new church?
(a) $3,500.
(b) $3,000.
(c) $4,500.
(d) $4,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Revolutionary War hero wrote begging Dr. Rush for his help during the 1797 yellow fever epidemic?

2. Who wrote a letter asking the Free African Society to nurse the sick and attend to the dead?

3. On October 17, which committee member wrote in the official minutes that the fever was winning?

4. According to Dr. Hodge, where did the first deaths from the fever happen?

5. How old was Catherine LeMaigre when she became ill?

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