A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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) 1790
(b) 1812
(c) 1776
(d) 1785

2. How many people died during the epidemic in 1787?
(a) 50
(b) 5
(c) 15
(d) 150

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

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

5. How many children did Martha have?
(a) 6
(b) 3
(c) 9
(d) 5

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Martha charge for each birth?

2. What was the death rate in Martha's town between the years of 1785 and 1790?

3. Physicians often doubled as what profession?

4. Martha's medicines contained no more than _________ ingredients.

5. Delivering babies was left primarily to whom?

(see the answer key)

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