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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August 1787.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Martha start her diary?
(a) 1785
(b) 1790
(c) 1776
(d) 1812

2. What does Martha charge for each birth?
(a) 3 shillings
(b) 6 shillings
(c) 12 shillings
(d) 10 shillings

3. What does Martha experience for the first time during this period?
(a) The Baptism of her last child
(b) The death of a mother and child
(c) The first time she delivers a child
(d) The birth of her first child

4. What is the function of a midwife?
(a) Deliver babies
(b) Housekeeping
(c) Weaver
(d) Teacher

5. What does Martha's diary provide to historians?
(a) A look at early American language
(b) A look at medical malpractice
(c) A look at the life of a pioneer woman
(d) A look at how medicine was dispersed

Short Answer Questions

1. Many men during Martha's lifetime thought that education for a woman was ________________.

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

3. How many children did Martha have?

4. Martha began to keep a diary because ___________________________.

5. Which of the following was not one of Martha's professions?

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