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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 the city almshouse located?
(a) Spruce St.
(b) Ashton St.
(c) Main St.
(d) Water St.

2. On August 27, how many senators from the Pennsylvania legislature met at the state house?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 17.

3. Who was the governor of Pennsylvania in 1793?
(a) Findlay.
(b) Snyder.
(c) Mifflin.
(d) McKean.

4. When was the last time that there was a yellow fever epidemic?
(a) 1784.
(b) 1762.
(c) 1719.
(d) 1684,

5. Where did the sloop Amelia come from?
(a) Antigua.
(b) Borneo.
(c) Santo Domingo.
(d) Bahamas.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times a day did Charles Willson Peale fire a musket inside his house?

2. What did doctors give Catherine LeMaigre to cool her fever?

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

4. How many Overseers were in charge of managing the city almshouse?

5. How many people do historians estimate fled from Philadelphia during the fever?

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