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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the man accused of raping Rebecca?
(a) He was imprisoned
(b) He was hanged
(c) He was exiled
(d) He was acquitted

2. What business did men handle during Martha's lifetime?
(a) Education work
(b) Religious work
(c) Public business
(d) Legal work

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

4. How could birth be a dangerous process?
(a) If it was a multiple birth
(b) If the woman was alone
(c) If it was a breech birth
(d) If the baby was premature

5. How does Martha refer to single women in her diary?
(a) Miss or their fiance's name
(b) Miss or their first name
(c) Miss or their father's name
(d) Ms. or their first name

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where did Martha deep much of her accounting?

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

5. Martha's medicines contained no more than _________ ingredients.

(see the answer key)

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