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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Free African Society founded?
(a) 1764.
(b) 1787.
(c) 1772.
(d) 1759.

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

3. How many people do historians estimate fled from Philadelphia during the fever?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 30,000.

4. On August 27, how many senators from the Pennsylvania legislature met at the state house?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 12.

5. In which direction were the swamps near Philadelphia that had lost water due to the intense heat?
(a) North.
(b) South.
(c) East.
(d) West.

6. How many families did Jones and Allen visit in one day?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

7. How many French refugees fled a fierce slave rebellion?
(a) 712.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 579.
(d) 2,100.

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

9. How many children did Clarkson have?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

10. What was the name of the doctor who had studied yellow fever, but never seen it?
(a) Dr. Benjamin Duffield.
(b) Dr. William Currie.
(c) Dr. Benjamin Rush.
(d) Dr. Samuel Griffitts.

11. What was the name of the newspaper that was printed at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) City Paper.
(b) Inquirer.
(c) Daily News.
(d) The Federal Gazette.

12. How old was Isaac Heston when the plague struck Philadelphia?
(a) 21.
(b) 44.
(c) 17.
(d) 31.

13. How many people died in two houses on the same street during one week?
(a) 4.
(b) 15.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

14. How many times a day did Charles Willson Peale fire a musket inside his house?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

15. How much money was donated to refugees from Santo Domingo?
(a) $20,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $15,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did the black leaders attempt to raise in order to build a new church?

2. How many Overseers were in charge of managing the city almshouse?

3. When did a savage storm hit the city bringing winds and torrents of rain?

4. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. What was the nationality of the sailor who had a fever and seizures before he died on August 3?

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