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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through January 1796.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was not one of Martha's professions?
(a) Minister
(b) Physician
(c) Pharmacist
(d) Housewife

2. What was Martha always sure to include when she mentioned a man in her diary?
(a) His title
(b) His address
(c) His wife's name
(d) His middle name

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

4. Everyone knew that birth was a ______________ process.
(a) ridiculous
(b) unnecessary
(c) natural
(d) unnatural

5. Which of Martha's daughters spun yarn for weaving and trading?
(a) Hannah and Daisy
(b) Hannah and Dolly
(c) Hannah and Molly
(d) Molly and Ellen

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a way in which Martha would discuss a man in her diary?

2. What are Mr. Densmore's occupations?

3. What happens to Jonathan Ballard during his employment with Peter Jones at the mill?

4. Martha's success rate was comparable to the statistics of the _______________.

5. What term did Martha use for a woman in labor?

(see the answer key)

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