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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 the birth to death ratio in Martha's town between the years of 1785 and 1790?
(a) 4:1
(b) 1:1
(c) 10:1
(d) 3:1

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

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

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

5. For how many years did Martha work as a midwife?
(a) 20
(b) 50
(c) 40
(d) 10

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Martha use as purgatives?

2. Martha strongly believed in _____________ to make her patients feel better.

3. What was Martha Ballard's maiden name?

4. What is the perception of midwives among those in authority?

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

(see the answer key)

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