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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the perception of midwives among women?
(a) Mistrust
(b) Love
(c) Trust
(d) Fear

2. How many preachers was each town allowed?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 4

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

4. Martha strongly believed in _____________ to make her patients feel better.
(a) taking a nap
(b) purging the body
(c) drinking water
(d) sitting in the sun

5. How were the churches in each town supported?
(a) State taxes
(b) Congregation funds
(c) Town taxes
(d) Federal taxes

6. What is the term used when the groom retrieves his bride from her parents' home?
(a) Kidnapping
(b) Homemaking
(c) Honeymoon
(d) Housekeeping

7. Why was Martha able to keep her daughters at home for the majority of their young adult lives?
(a) She demanded that they stay
(b) She had enough money from her two businesses
(c) She asked them to stay
(d) She would not let them marry

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

9. What is Martha's sister's name?
(a) Elizabeth Brown
(b) Dorothy Ballard
(c) Dorothy Barton
(d) Clara Barton

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

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

12. What was the wife expected to make for the couple's new home?
(a) New clothes
(b) Rugs
(c) Curtains
(d) A quilt

13. How are 18th century weddings described?
(a) Extremely reserved
(b) Over the top
(c) Conservative
(d) Big events

14. In what town was Martha Ballard born?
(a) Oxford, England
(b) Oxford, Massachusetts
(c) Oxford, Mississippi
(d) Oxford, Ohio

15. Which social and economic class had more out-of-wedlock births?
(a) The lower class
(b) The middle class
(c) Each class had an equal share
(d) The upper class

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ephraim and Jonathan build for Martha?

2. Where do Martha and Ephraim move their family?

3. What was the birth to death ratio in Martha's town between the years of 1785 and 1790?

4. What was Martha Ballard's maiden name?

5. What is Isaac Foster's wife's name?

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