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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Martha's main concern at this time?
(a) Her grandchildren
(b) A terminal illness
(c) Ephraim's health
(d) Getting older

2. What term did Martha use for a woman in labor?
(a) Expectant
(b) Writhing
(c) Tormented
(d) Unwell

3. Which of the following was not one of Ephraim's professions?
(a) Attorney
(b) Miller
(c) Tax collector
(d) Surveyor

4. Martha's diary entries did not follow the same tone as other midwives from ________________.
(a) England
(b) France
(c) Germany
(d) Rhode Island

5. What is Martha's biggest problem during Ephraim's incarceration?
(a) Getting flax for her wool
(b) Paying the bills
(c) Having no one to talk to at night
(d) Getting wood for the winter

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Martha deep much of her accounting?

2. What role did the men play in the delivery of a child?

3. Who is Dr. Page?

4. Why was Martha able to keep her daughters at home for the majority of their young adult lives?

5. Everyone knew that birth was a ______________ process.

(see the answer key)

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