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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven: A Modern-Day Time Bomb.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cargo did the sloop Amelia bring to Philadelphia?
(a) Beef.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Lamb.

2. Where did Dolley Payne Todd go during the fever outbreak?
(a) Gray's Ferry.
(b) Germantown.
(c) Camden.
(d) Providence.

3. Where was the militia company stationed that shot off a cannon in Chapter 4?
(a) Fort Gaddis.
(b) Fort Ligonier.
(c) Fort Allen.
(d) Fort Mifflin.

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

5. Where did the sloop Amelia come from?
(a) Borneo.
(b) Bahamas.
(c) Santo Domingo.
(d) Antigua.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the second-year medical student who volunteered to help at Bush Hill?

2. How many died of yellow fever in New Orleans in 1853?

3. What was the name of Clarkson's son who died during the plague?

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

5. What illness was seen in January of 1793?

(see the answer key)

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