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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. What did A.B., a contributor to "Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser," find in rainwater barrels?
(a) Dead cats.
(b) Dead dogs.
(c) Garbage.
(d) Mosquitoes.

2. Where did Thomas Jefferson and George Washington meet as they traveled toward Philadelphia?
(a) Boston.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Concord.

3. Where was Stephen Girard born?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Delaware.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the governor of Maryland in 1793?

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

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

4. Where did John Bill Ricketts take his circus for the summer?

5. When did George and Martha Washington leave Philadelphia?

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