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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine: A Delicate Situation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did some nurses begin receiving for tending the sick?
(a) $4-5 a day.
(b) $3-4 a day.
(c) $1-2 a day.
(d) $5-6 a day.

2. What did physicians call the tiny reddish sores that erupted on individuals who had the plague?
(a) Odium.
(b) Purpura.
(c) Stigma.
(d) Petechiae.

3. By the first of September, how many people were jammed into Bush Hill?
(a) Over 100.
(b) About 75.
(c) Nearly 150.
(d) Around 50.

4. For how many years had doctors been using bloodletting or phlebotomy?
(a) Over 3,000.
(b) About 1,000.
(c) More than 2,500.
(d) Nearly 3,500.

5. In Chapter 6 in a letter to his wife, how many patients did Dr. Rush say that he was learning had died every morning?
(a) 3-4.
(b) 4-5.
(c) 2-3.
(d) 6-7.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where was the mansion located that was commandeered for a place to care for seriously ill patients?

4. How many times a day would Dr. Rush administer the Ten-and-Ten or Ten-and-Fifteen Treatment?

5. What cargo did the sloop Amelia bring to Philadelphia?

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