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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Martha strongly believed in _____________ to make her patients feel better.
(a) purging the body
(b) drinking water
(c) taking a nap
(d) sitting in the sun

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

3. What was the relationship between doctors and midwives during this period?
(a) Amicable
(b) Nonexistent
(c) Skeptical
(d) Hostile

4. Martha's diary was once included in a book about the history of which city?
(a) Augusta, Maine
(b) Albany, New York
(c) Augusta, Georgia
(d) Portland, Maine

5. What is the epidemic in the summer of 1787?
(a) Scarlet fever
(b) Malaria
(c) Measles
(d) Smallpox

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ephraim's profession?

2. In what year was Martha Ballard born?

3. In what town was Martha Ballard born?

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

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

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