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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. For how many days did Peter Helm and Stephen Girard attend to Bush HIll?
(a) 40 days.
(b) 70 days.
(c) 60 days.
(d) 50 days.

2. Where was a Philadelphia woman and her black servant tarred and feathered?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Manhattan, New York.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Milford, Delaware.

3. How often had the College of Physicians promised to meet during the plague?
(a) Every other week.
(b) Every Monday.
(c) Every Tuesday.
(d) Once a month.

4. When did President Washington leave Mount Vernon and head north?
(a) November 4.
(b) October 17.
(c) October 28.
(d) November 12.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many high-ranking officials of the federal government were within a day's ride of Philadelphia?

2. When did Matthew Clarkson become mayor of Philadelphia?

3. In what part of the state house building were the rooms of Joseph Fry, the doorkeeper who died from the fever?

4. Which member of the special committee was in charge of providing food for the city?

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

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