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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Martha think Dr. Page will not be successful?
(a) He is too inexperienced
(b) He comes from a big city
(c) He is young and single
(d) He has no connections in the town

2. What does Martha experience for the first time during this period?
(a) The death of a mother and child
(b) The Baptism of her last child
(c) The first time she delivers a child
(d) The birth of her first child

3. Why does Dr. Page become a problem for Martha?
(a) He sues her
(b) He opens his practice next door
(c) He includes midwifery in his practice
(d) He makes slanderous comments about her

4. Which of the following is not a way in which Martha would discuss a man in her diary?
(a) Friend
(b) Intimate
(c) Legal
(d) Business

5. Society during Martha's time was described as a ___________________.
(a) blue-checked cloth
(b) spider's web
(c) ripple in a pool
(d) ladder

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Martha charge for each birth?

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

4. Martha's success rate was ____________________.

5. What major problem does Martha have with living in the new house?

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