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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Ephraim jailed?
(a) The Augusta prison
(b) The Kennebunk jail
(c) Shawshank prison
(d) The Hallowell jail

3. How many babies did Martha deliver in 1793?
(a) 35
(b) 17
(c) 53
(d) 37

4. What did Ephraim consider his imprisonment?
(a) A vacation
(b) A scandal
(c) A nuisance
(d) An outrage

5. How old is Martha in the spring of 1804?
(a) 60
(b) 67
(c) 65
(d) 70

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the bulk of Martha's diary?

2. Which of Martha's daughters spun yarn for weaving and trading?

3. Martha's diary entries did not follow the same tone as other midwives from ________________.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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