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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 Isaac Foster's wife's name?
(a) Elizabeth
(b) Rebecca
(c) Martha
(d) Ellen

2. Who is the new girl hired by Martha to help in the house?
(a) Halle
(b) Helen
(c) Hope
(d) Hepsy

3. What was Ephraim's profession?
(a) Lawyer and miller
(b) Surveyor and miller
(c) Lawyer and judge
(d) Surveyor and judge

4. How many autopsies did Martha attend in her life?
(a) 8
(b) 2
(c) 13
(d) 4

5. Why does Martha think Dr. Page will not be successful?
(a) He has no connections in the town
(b) He is too inexperienced
(c) He comes from a big city
(d) He is young and single

Short Answer Questions

1. How are 18th century weddings described?

2. What did Martha use as purgatives?

3. What does Martha charge for each birth?

4. Where did Martha deep much of her accounting?

5. What was the birth to death ratio in Martha's town between the years of 1785 and 1790?

(see the answer key)

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