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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Dr. Rush's assistants bled him and administered the purge, how many days did it take for him to get back on his feet?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

2. From Rev.Helmuth's congregation, how many died at the beginning of October?
(a) 102.
(b) 130.
(c) 78.
(d) 27.

3. In Chapter 6 in a letter to his wife, how many patients did Dr. Rush say that he was learning had died every morning?
(a) 6-7.
(b) 3-4.
(c) 4-5.
(d) 2-3.

4. How many pounds of blood did Dr. Rush and other doctors at that time believe that the human body held?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 5.

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

6. How much did some whites charge to put a corpse in a coffin and haul it to a waiting wagon?
(a) $12.
(b) $43.
(c) $51.
(d) $6.

7. When did Dr. Jean Deveze volunteer to work at Bush Hill?
(a) September 1.
(b) August 31.
(c) September 16.
(d) August 25.

8. At whose farm was Major Christian Piercy put out of a stagecoach?
(a) Eldridge.
(b) Frederick.
(c) Drangers.
(d) Caulkins.

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

10. How many weeks did Henry Knox spend in quarantine?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 4 weeks.

11. Who had President Washington put in charge when he left Philadelphia?
(a) Henry Knox.
(b) John Hancock.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

12. Where was Stephen Girard born?
(a) Delaware.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Massachusetts.

13. When did Dr. Rush realize that he had yellow fever?
(a) September 14.
(b) September 12.
(c) September 18.
(d) September 21.

14. Who was hired to design and construct Philadelphia's first waterworks?
(a) Benjamin Latrobe.
(b) Gray Peters.
(c) Davis Nance.
(d) Franklin Rosling.

15. By September 5, how many of Dr. Rush's patients did he claim improved with the Ten-and-Ten treatment?
(a) 8 out of 10.
(b) 29 out of 30.
(c) 15 out of 20.
(d) 3 out of 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Stephen Girard contract a mild case of yellow fever?

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

3. How much did Thomas Jefferson estimate that it cost him to get to Germantown?

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

5. Who was the governor of Maryland in 1793?

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