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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a product for which Martha used herbs?
(a) Hallucinogens
(b) Compresses
(c) Teas
(d) Ointments

2. Martha used her diary to _________________.
(a) track her businesses
(b) unload her problems
(c) complain about her husband
(d) vent about emotional problems

3. Martha's success rate was ____________________.
(a) average
(b) very high
(c) below average
(d) high

4. How many babies is Martha delivering each year at this time?
(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 100
(d) 50

5. In what town are the Ballards living in 1787?
(a) Albany
(b) Boston
(c) Halperin
(d) Hallowell

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Ephraim in January of 1796?

2. What was the death rate in Martha's town between the years of 1785 and 1790?

3. What marked the end of the "lying-in" period for a new mother?

4. Everyone knew that birth was a ______________ process.

5. What do Ephraim and Jonathan build for Martha?

(see the answer key)

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