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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. What decorated houses where people were sick from the yellow fever?
(a) Small blue stars.
(b) A notice from the city.
(c) A skull and crossbones.
(d) Tiny red flags.

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

3. On October 17, which committee member wrote in the official minutes that the fever was winning?
(a) Caleb Lownes.
(b) David Bryan.
(c) John Bordley.
(d) Matthew Carey.

4. In what alley did Helmuth find 40 dead?
(a) Brush.
(b) Maple.
(c) Appletree.
(d) Water.

5. How often had the College of Physicians promised to meet during the plague?
(a) Every Monday.
(b) Every Tuesday.
(c) Every other week.
(d) Once a month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of church did Reverend Mr. Helmuth pastor?

2. Who was the governor of Maryland in 1793?

3. How much did a jury award Dr. Rush including court costs when he sued Cobbett for libel?

4. After Dr. Rush seemed to be cured of yellow fever, how many patients sought him in a day?

5. How long was Dr. Currie's book about Philadelphia's plague?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of news did Philip Freneau print during the plague?

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

3. Who Was Dolley Payne Todd?

4. Who was Stephen Girard?

5. What did George Washington do on November 10?

6. How did Dr. Jean Deveze treat fever patients?

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

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

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

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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