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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the bulk of Martha's diary?
(a) Musings
(b) Daily activities
(c) To-do list
(d) Opinions

2. What did Dr. Page not understand?
(a) obstetrics
(b) hormones
(c) false labor
(d) breech birth

3. What was the wife expected to make for the couple's new home?
(a) A quilt
(b) Curtains
(c) Rugs
(d) New clothes

4. What does Martha's diary provide to historians?
(a) A look at the life of a pioneer woman
(b) A look at early American language
(c) A look at medical malpractice
(d) A look at how medicine was dispersed

5. Society during Martha's time was described as a ___________________.
(a) spider's web
(b) ripple in a pool
(c) blue-checked cloth
(d) ladder

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town was Martha Ballard born?

2. What do Ephraim and Jonathan build for Martha?

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

4. What does young Ephraim do after the family's move?

5. What was a normal occurrence during courtship?

(see the answer key)

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