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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. When was someone hired to design and construct Philadelphia's first waterworks?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1801.

2. How old was Israel Israel at the time of the plague?
(a) 51.
(b) 34.
(c) 47.
(d) 29.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 6, about how many persons were ill with the fever?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 6,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 7,000.

4. When did George Washington make a personal inspection of Philadelphia?
(a) November 20.
(b) November 1.
(c) November 10.
(d) November 15.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bundles of shirts and dresses for orphans were sent by the Widow Grubb?

2. How much did the citizens of Manhattan send to aid Philadelphians?

3. How much did some whites charge to put a corpse in a coffin and haul it to a waiting wagon?

4. When Rush contracted yellow fever again, how many days did he spend confined to bed unable to lift his head?

5. Which member of the special committee was in charge of providing food for the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the special committee members taking a risk when they borrowed money to run the city?

2. Who was Stephen Girard?

3. Where did water come from in 1793?

4. What problem did Thomas Sim Lee, governor of Maryland, ask Washington to help him solve?

5. What did Dr. Rush do when the College of Physicians declared that the plague had not been caused by yellow fever?

6. What was bloodletting?

7. What was the Ten-and-Ten treatment?

8. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what were conditions like at Bush Hill?

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

10. Who Was Dolley Payne Todd?

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