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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what town to Martha and Ephraim settle?
(a) Houston
(b) Hightower
(c) Hallowell
(d) Hingham

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

3. What is Martha accused of taking from a neighbor?
(a) A tablecloth
(b) Some flax
(c) A pie
(d) A turkey

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

5. A physician's training was ___________________________.
(a) experimental and literary
(b) experimental and manual
(c) traditional and experimental
(d) traditional and manual

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Martha Ballard born?

2. Where did young unwed mothers stay?

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

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

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

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