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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Ephraim's profession?
(a) Surveyor and miller
(b) Surveyor and judge
(c) Lawyer and miller
(d) Lawyer and judge

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

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

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

5. What happens to Ephraim's mill in 1787?
(a) He tears it down
(b) It burns down
(c) He adds on to the structure
(d) He builds a front porch

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the birth to death ratio in Martha's town between the years of 1785 and 1790?

2. What is the epidemic in the summer of 1787?

3. What does Martha charge for each birth?

4. What is the perception of midwives among women?

5. How many children did Martha have?

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