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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through December 1793.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the term used when the groom retrieves his bride from her parents' home?
(a) Kidnapping
(b) Honeymoon
(c) Homemaking
(d) Housekeeping

2. How could birth be a dangerous process?
(a) If it was a multiple birth
(b) If the baby was premature
(c) If it was a breech birth
(d) If the woman was alone

3. For how many years did Martha work as a midwife?
(a) 40
(b) 50
(c) 10
(d) 20

4. What is Martha's sister's name?
(a) Dorothy Barton
(b) Clara Barton
(c) Dorothy Ballard
(d) Elizabeth Brown

5. Martha strongly believed in _____________ to make her patients feel better.
(a) purging the body
(b) drinking water
(c) sitting in the sun
(d) taking a nap

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the woman in #82 claim is the father of her child?

2. How did Ephraim and Jonathan assist in Martha's weaving business?

3. What happens to Ephraim's mill in 1787?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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