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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March 1804.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Ephraim and Jonathan build for Martha?
(a) Sewing room
(b) Loom
(c) Trundle bed
(d) New cupboard

2. How could birth be a dangerous process?
(a) If the woman was alone
(b) If it was a breech birth
(c) If it was a multiple birth
(d) If the baby was premature

3. Martha's training was _________________________.
(a) traditional and manual
(b) literary and experimental
(c) manual and experimental
(d) traditional and experimental

4. Martha's success rate was comparable to the statistics of the _______________.
(a) 1860s
(b) 1890s
(c) 1930s
(d) 1920s

5. How many times in 27 years of midwife practice did Martha ever call a doctor?
(a) 7
(b) 15
(c) 2
(d) 10

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Martha's main concern at this time?

2. Which of the following is not something Martha noted in her diary about each birth?

3. Why does Dr. Page become a problem for Martha?

4. Because of Dr. Page's training, Martha thinks he is _______________.

5. What marked the end of the "lying-in" period for a new mother?

(see the answer key)

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