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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the state of Martha's accounts at this point?
(a) Meager
(b) Healthy
(c) Broke
(d) Could be better

2. Which of Martha's daughters spun yarn for weaving and trading?
(a) Hannah and Dolly
(b) Hannah and Molly
(c) Molly and Ellen
(d) Hannah and Daisy

3. What was a normal occurrence during courtship?
(a) having picnics
(b) pre-marital sex
(c) going dancing
(d) going to church

4. Martha's diary was once included in a book about the history of which city?
(a) Portland, Maine
(b) Albany, New York
(c) Augusta, Maine
(d) Augusta, Georgia

5. Why was Martha able to keep her daughters at home for the majority of their young adult lives?
(a) She had enough money from her two businesses
(b) She demanded that they stay
(c) She asked them to stay
(d) She would not let them marry

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years did Martha work as a midwife?

2. What is Isaac Foster's wife's name?

3. Who moves into the Ballard house after their two daughters and niece leave to live with their new husbands?

4. Which of the following was not one of Martha's professions?

5. When could a man be charged with fornication?

(see the answer key)

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