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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five: It Was Our Duty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Guardians were in charge of caring for the poor who did not live in the city almshouse?
(a) 34.
(b) 17.
(c) 21.
(d) 14.

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

3. To Catherine LeMaigre, what part of her body did she feel as though it was burning up?
(a) Face.
(b) Stomach.
(c) Back.
(d) Head.

4. What type of church did Rev. J. Henry C. Helmuth pastor?
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Episcopal.
(d) Congregational.

5. About how many free blacks lived in Philadelphia?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 1,700.
(d) 2,300.

Short Answer Questions

1. After a sailor died in a boarding house, who was the next person to die?

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

3. What was the name of the newspaper that was printed at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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

5. On August 27, how many senators from the Pennsylvania legislature met at the state house?

(see the answer key)

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