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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through October 1789.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many years did Martha work as a midwife?
(a) 40
(b) 10
(c) 50
(d) 20

2. Martha began to keep a diary because ___________________________.
(a) She wanted to keep a medical log
(b) She had a hard time remembering appointments
(c) She wanted to pass her story to her children
(d) No one really knows

3. Why was Martha able to keep her daughters at home for the majority of their young adult lives?
(a) She had enough money from her two businesses
(b) She would not let them marry
(c) She asked them to stay
(d) She demanded that they stay

4. How long had the Ballards been living at John Jones Mill?
(a) 5 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 7 years

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How were the churches in each town supported?

3. Martha used her diary to _________________.

4. In what town was Martha Ballard born?

5. Who is Reverend Isaac Foster?

(see the answer key)

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