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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through September 1788.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Martha use as purgatives?
(a) Marshmallow root
(b) Licorice
(c) Senna
(d) Henna

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

3. How many young women did Martha employ in her home between the years of 1785-1800?
(a) 29
(b) 39
(c) 30
(d) 27

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

5. Where did Martha deep much of her accounting?
(a) Her bedside table
(b) Her diary
(c) Her kitchen cupboard
(d) Her desk drawer

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the function of a midwife?

2. Which of Martha's daughters spun yarn for weaving and trading?

3. Martha used her diary to _________________.

4. Many historians consider Martha's diary to be _____________.

5. Martha began to keep a diary because ___________________________.

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