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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. How many high-ranking officials of the federal government were within a day's ride of Philadelphia?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

2. How many patients did Dr. Rush's five assistants each see in one day after Dr. Rush's recovery?
(a) 35.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

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

4. How many died from yellow fever on Saturday, October 12?
(a) 124.
(b) 111.
(c) 89.
(d) 62.

5. On what day did the death toll fall below thirty?
(a) November 4.
(b) November 1.
(c) October 26.
(d) October 31.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From Rev.Helmuth's congregation, how many died at the beginning of October?

3. In what alley did Helmuth find 40 dead?

4. Where was Stephen Girard born?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Dr. Rush continue seeing patients when he had yellow fever himself?

2. What did George Washington do on November 10?

3. What did Rev. Helmuth write about visits he made at night to visit the sick?

4. Why did it seem that the entire city had collapsed at the beginning of Chapter 7?

5. What was bloodletting?

6. Where did water come from in 1793?

7. What other problems did Philadelphia have other than the plague?

8. What signs were there that the fever seemed to be gaining in strength and deadliness in Chapter 8?

9. Who was Stephen Girard?

10. What did Secretary of War Henry Knox do when President Washington left him in charge of the government in Philadelphia?

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