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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three: Church Bells Tolling.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what boarding house did a sailor die of a fever?
(a) Richard Denny's.
(b) Sarah Smythe's.
(c) Maggie MacPherson's.
(d) William Wright's.

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

3. How did Louis XVI die?
(a) Shot by a firing squad.
(b) Beheaded.
(c) Hung.
(d) In a dungeon with no food or water.

4. What was Catherine LeMaigre's husband's name?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Peter.
(c) Thomas.
(d) William.

5. What was Charles Willson Peale's wife's name?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Martha.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Patience.

Short Answer Questions

1. A few days before being called to care for Catherine LeMaigre, which doctor had lost his daughter to the same fever?

2. How old was Matthew Clarkson when the plague struck Philadelphia?

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

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

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

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