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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Physicians often doubled as what profession?
(a) Newspaper Editor
(b) Justice of the Peace
(c) Lawyer
(d) Judge

2. Delivering babies was left primarily to whom?
(a) Nurses
(b) Midwives
(c) Doctors
(d) Husbands

3. In what town to Martha and Ephraim settle?
(a) Hallowell
(b) Houston
(c) Hingham
(d) Hightower

4. How many children does Martha deliver in her lifetime?
(a) 50
(b) 816
(c) 192
(d) 503

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people died during the epidemic in 1787?

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

3. What is the perception of midwives among those in authority?

4. Martha used her diary to _________________.

5. What is the perception of midwives among women?

(see the answer key)

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