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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through September 1788.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Martha deep much of her accounting?
(a) Her desk drawer
(b) Her diary
(c) Her bedside table
(d) Her kitchen cupboard

2. How many young women did Martha employ in her home between the years of 1785-1800?
(a) 39
(b) 27
(c) 30
(d) 29

3. What happens to Ephraim's mill in 1787?
(a) He builds a front porch
(b) He tears it down
(c) He adds on to the structure
(d) It burns down

4. How many people died during the epidemic in 1787?
(a) 15
(b) 150
(c) 5
(d) 50

5. How did Ephraim and Jonathan assist in Martha's weaving business?
(a) Sales
(b) Weaving
(c) Accounting
(d) Sheared sheep and broke flax

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Martha's sister's name?

2. How does Martha refer to single women in her diary?

3. What is the perception of midwives among those in authority?

4. Martha began to keep a diary because ___________________________.

5. In what town was Martha Ballard born?

(see the answer key)

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