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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through February 1801.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Martha experience for the first time during this period?
(a) The death of a mother and child
(b) The birth of her first child
(c) The first time she delivers a child
(d) The Baptism of her last child

2. Martha used her diary to _________________.
(a) complain about her husband
(b) unload her problems
(c) track her businesses
(d) vent about emotional problems

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

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

5. What major problem does Martha have with living in the new house?
(a) Walking
(b) Cleaning
(c) Gardening
(d) Space

Short Answer Questions

1. An unwed mother was required to _______________________.

2. What is the epidemic in the summer of 1787?

3. Martha began to keep a diary because ___________________________.

4. Martha's diary entries did not follow the same tone as other midwives from ________________.

5. Who was expected to provide all the items for the newlyweds' new home?

(see the answer key)

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