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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four: Confusion, Distress, and Utter Desolation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Dr. Rush's wife that summer of 1793?
(a) Amherst.
(b) Hartford.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Trenton.

2. Where was the mansion located that was commandeered for a place to care for seriously ill patients?
(a) At eastern edge of the city.
(b) At the western edge of the city.
(c) 2 ½ miles northwest of the city.
(d) 3 miles south of the city.

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

4. What was the name of the doctor who had studied yellow fever, but never seen it?
(a) Dr. Benjamin Rush.
(b) Dr. Samuel Griffitts.
(c) Dr. Benjamin Duffield.
(d) Dr. William Currie.

5. Where was the militia company stationed that shot off a cannon in Chapter 4?
(a) Fort Mifflin.
(b) Fort Allen.
(c) Fort Ligonier.
(d) Fort Gaddis.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Catherine LeMaigre, what part of her body did she feel as though it was burning up?

2. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. Who was the owner of Bush Hill?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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