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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who moves into the Ballard house after their two daughters and niece leave to live with their new husbands?
(a) Sally and Ellen
(b) Betsy and Sally
(c) Betsy and Rebecca
(d) Betsy and Ellen

2. What is the function of a midwife?
(a) Teacher
(b) Housekeeping
(c) Weaver
(d) Deliver babies

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

4. In what year was Martha Ballard born?
(a) 1800
(b) 1776
(c) 1753
(d) 1735

5. How many preachers was each town allowed?
(a) 4
(b) 1
(c) 3
(d) 2

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the bulk of Martha's diary?

2. Which prominent man in Hallowell did not like Isaac Foster?

3. What was the relationship between doctors and midwives during this period?

4. What does Martha's diary provide to historians?

5. In what town to Martha and Ephraim settle?

(see the answer key)

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