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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who lent his house to George and Martha Washington?
(a) Matthew Clarkson
(b) Benjamin Rush.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Robert Morris.

3. Who wrote a letter asking the Free African Society to nurse the sick and attend to the dead?
(a) Absalom Jones.
(b) Matthew Clarkson.
(c) Richard Allen.
(d) Benjamin Rush.

4. Where was Dr. Rush's wife that summer of 1793?
(a) Trenton.
(b) Amherst.
(c) Hartford.
(d) Princeton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did some nurses begin receiving for tending the sick?

2. On August 27, how many senators from the Pennsylvania legislature met at the state house?

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

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

5. How many families did Jones and Allen visit in one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Catherine LeMaigre's symptoms.

2. Why was the Free African Society founded?

3. Why did Benjamin Rush ask the Free African society to help nurse the sick and attend to the dead?

4. Why was a constitutional crisis set in motion when Washington left Philadelphia?

5. Who decided that a cannon should be fired in the streets of Philadelphia at the end of August?

6. What did the governor do about the plague?

7. Describe the sewer system in Philadelphia.

8. What did Dr. Benjamin Duffield recommend be done to deal with the fever?

9. What type of medical training did Dr. Benjamin Rush have?

10. What types of services did the Free African Society perform for the sick?

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