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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many free blacks lived in Philadelphia?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,700.
(c) 2,300.
(d) 3,000.

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

3. What year was a French watercolor done to show a yellow fever victim in the early stages of the illness?
(a) 1796.
(b) 1819.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1751.

4. To Catherine LeMaigre, what part of her body did she feel as though it was burning up?
(a) Back.
(b) Face.
(c) Stomach.
(d) Head.

5. Where did federal department heads move their offices?
(a) Mercersburg.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) Germantown.
(d) Milbourne.

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

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

8. Where was the mansion located that was commandeered for a place to care for seriously ill patients?
(a) At eastern edge of the city.
(b) At the western edge of the city.
(c) 3 miles south of the city.
(d) 2 ½ miles northwest of the city.

9. About how many blacks in Philadelphia were slaves?
(a) 200.
(b) 79.
(c) 500.
(d) 148.

10. How many of his children did Charles Willson Peale shut inside his museum-residence along with himself and his wife?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

11. When did a savage storm hit the city bringing winds and torrents of rain?
(a) August 25.
(b) August 30.
(c) August 21.
(d) August 29.

12. What doctor wrote about the disgusting aspects of the vomit that spewed from fever victims?
(a) Walter Reed.
(b) William Lewis.
(c) Isaac Cathrall.
(d) Benjamin Rush.

13. What church in Philadelphia had been built with the help of blacks?
(a) St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
(b) St. George Methodist Church.
(c) St. Peter Episcopal Church.
(d) St. John Episcopal Church.

14. What did many people sprinkle around their rooms after whitewashing them?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Vinegar.
(c) Ashes.
(d) Baking soda.

15. What was the name of one of the rivers that was drying up near Philadelphia?
(a) Susquehanna.
(b) Allegheny.
(c) Lehigh.
(d) Delaware.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was the city almshouse located?

3. Who wrote a letter asking the Free African Society to nurse the sick and attend to the dead?

4. When did Clarkson ask the physicians from the College of Physicians to come to a meeting about the plague?

5. When did George and Martha Washington leave Philadelphia?

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