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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through November 1792.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rebecca Foster accuse of raping her?
(a) Thomas Sewall
(b) Henry Sewall
(c) Colonel North
(d) James Franklin

2. How does Martha refer to single women in her diary?
(a) Miss or their father's name
(b) Miss or their first name
(c) Miss or their fiance's name
(d) Ms. or their first name

3. Society during Martha's time was described as a ___________________.
(a) spider's web
(b) ripple in a pool
(c) blue-checked cloth
(d) ladder

4. What is Isaac Foster's wife's name?
(a) Ellen
(b) Elizabeth
(c) Rebecca
(d) Martha

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many young women did Martha employ in her home between the years of 1785-1800?

2. What is the term used when the groom retrieves his bride from her parents' home?

3. In what year was Martha Ballard born?

4. Delivering babies was left primarily to whom?

5. What happens to Jonathan Ballard during his employment with Peter Jones at the mill?

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