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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 many people who contracted yellow fever usually died from it?
(a) 50 percent.
(b) 25 percent.
(c) 10 percent.
(d) 75 percent.

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

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

4. Of what type of church was Reverend John Schmidt a pastor?
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Presbyterian.
(d) Episcopal.

5. What newspaper was printed occasionally by September?
(a) Philadelphia Chronicle.
(b) Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
(c) Federal Gazette.
(d) National Gazette.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did President Washington leave Mount Vernon and head north?

2. How many weeks did Henry Knox spend in quarantine?

3. Who was the speaker of the Senate in 1793?

4. How many representatives met at the state house on August 27?

5. How old was Catherine LeMaigre when she became ill?

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