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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two: All Was Not Right.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) August 1.
(b) July 31.
(c) July 15.
(d) August 3.

3. How many people lived in Philadelphia in 1793?
(a) 48,000.
(b) 51,000.
(c) 72,000.
(d) 33,000.

4. What was the name of one of the rivers that was drying up near Philadelphia?
(a) Delaware.
(b) Susquehanna.
(c) Allegheny.
(d) Lehigh.

5. What was the nationality of the sailor who had a fever and seizures before he died on August 3?
(a) British.
(b) African.
(c) French.
(d) American.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what boarding house did a sailor die of a fever?

2. What was the largest city in North America in 1793?

3. When did a savage storm hit the city bringing winds and torrents of rain?

4. How many people who contracted yellow fever usually died from it?

5. How did Louis XVI die?

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