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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Dolly Ballard apprentice as a dressmaker?
(a) Mrs. Densmore
(b) Mrs. Foster
(c) Mrs. Franklin
(d) Mrs. Dunham

2. How did Ephraim and Jonathan assist in Martha's weaving business?
(a) Sales
(b) Sheared sheep and broke flax
(c) Weaving
(d) Accounting

3. Who does the woman in #82 claim is the father of her child?
(a) Reverend Foster
(b) Henry Sewall
(c) Captain North
(d) Jonathan Ballard

4. What terms does Martha very seldom use for women in her diary?
(a) Lady or Mistress
(b) Lady or Mam
(c) Dame or Mistress
(d) Lady or Madam

5. How many people in the Ballard household get married in 1792?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 4

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years did Martha work as a midwife?

2. What did Dr. Page not understand?

3. How old is Martha in the spring of 1804?

4. Which social and economic class had more out-of-wedlock births?

5. Why is Ephraim arrested?

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