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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August 1787.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what state do Martha and Ephraim move with their family?
(a) Ohio
(b) Maine
(c) New York
(d) Connecticut

2. Who is Ephraim Ballard?
(a) Martha's first son
(b) Martha's husband
(c) Martha's father-in-law
(d) Martha's brother-in-law

3. What does Martha's diary provide to historians?
(a) A look at the life of a pioneer woman
(b) A look at how medicine was dispersed
(c) A look at medical malpractice
(d) A look at early American language

4. In what town are the Ballards living in 1787?
(a) Hallowell
(b) Albany
(c) Halperin
(d) Boston

5. Martha began to keep a diary because ___________________________.
(a) No one really knows
(b) She wanted to keep a medical log
(c) She had a hard time remembering appointments
(d) She wanted to pass her story to her children

Short Answer Questions

1. On what river does Martha spend much of her time?

2. What happens to Ephraim's mill in 1787?

3. Many men during Martha's lifetime thought that education for a woman was ________________.

4. What was the death rate in Martha's town between the years of 1785 and 1790?

5. In what year does Martha start her diary?

(see the answer key)

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