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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through January 1796.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the relationship between doctors and midwives during this period?
(a) Skeptical
(b) Nonexistent
(c) Hostile
(d) Amicable

2. How old is Martha at the beginning of 1796?
(a) Over 70
(b) Over 60
(c) Over 40
(d) Over 50

3. On whom does Martha rely heavily during this period?
(a) Rebecca
(b) Ephraim
(c) God
(d) Dolly

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

5. Delivering babies was left primarily to whom?
(a) Doctors
(b) Nurses
(c) Midwives
(d) Husbands

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Jonathan Ballard during his employment with Peter Jones at the mill?

2. How long had the Ballards been living at John Jones Mill?

3. Where do Martha and Ephraim build a house?

4. What is Martha accused of taking from a neighbor?

5. Which prominent man in Hallowell did not like Isaac Foster?

(see the answer key)

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