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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. How many died from the plague on October 7?
(a) 84.
(b) 82.
(c) 92.
(d) 98.

2. How many died on September 8?
(a) 38.
(b) 42.
(c) 64.
(d) 51.

3. What was Dolley Payne Todd's husband's name?
(a) Matthew.
(b) John.
(c) Andrew.
(d) George.

4. How many cords of wood did a subcommittee obtain before winter set in?
(a) 600.
(b) 500.
(c) 400.
(d) 300.

5. Where did John Bill Ricketts take his circus for the summer?
(a) Salem.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many physicians from the College of Physicians showed up when Matthew Clarkson called a meeting?

2. In the 1700s, how many times did yellow fever epidemics strike Manhattan and the surrounding towns?

3. Who wrote that Death was riding triumphant on a pale horse at the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. How many groups in Philadelphia stepped forward and offered to help with the sick and deceased?

5. How much money was donated to refugees from Santo Domingo?

(see the answer key)

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