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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Which of the following was not one of Martha's professions?
(a) Minister
(b) Pharmacist
(c) Housewife
(d) Physician

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Martha began to keep a diary because ___________________________.

3. In what town are the Ballards living in 1787?

4. In what year was Martha Ballard born?

5. On what river does Martha spend much of her time?

(see the answer key)

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