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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the bulk of Martha's diary?
(a) Musings
(b) Opinions
(c) To-do list
(d) Daily activities

2. What phrase does Martha use to indicate that her house was fighting with her?
(a) Chomping at the bit
(b) Up in arms
(c) At the end of its tether
(d) No rest for the weary

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

4. What is Isaac Foster's wife's name?
(a) Martha
(b) Rebecca
(c) Ellen
(d) Elizabeth

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Martha experience for the first time during this period?

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

3. What happened to the man accused of raping Rebecca?

4. What is the epidemic in the summer of 1787?

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

(see the answer key)

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