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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through April 1806.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Ephraim and Jonathan build for Martha?
(a) Sewing room
(b) Trundle bed
(c) Loom
(d) New cupboard

2. What was the birth to death ratio in Martha's town between the years of 1785 and 1790?
(a) 3:1
(b) 10:1
(c) 4:1
(d) 1:1

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

4. When could a man be charged with fornication?
(a) When he was married
(b) When he refused to take responsibility for a child
(c) When his partner was a young girl
(d) When an affair lasted more than six months

5. Young midwives are __________________ by the doctors in the area.
(a) discouraged
(b) insulted
(c) harrassed
(d) outraged

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a normal occurrence during courtship?

2. Which of the following is not one of the hardships associated with surveying?

3. What does young Ephraim do after the family's move?

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

5. What role did the men play in the delivery of a child?

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