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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Young midwives are __________________ by the doctors in the area.
(a) outraged
(b) harrassed
(c) discouraged
(d) insulted

2. When could a man be charged with fornication?
(a) When an affair lasted more than six months
(b) When his partner was a young girl
(c) When he refused to take responsibility for a child
(d) When he was married

3. Where did Martha deep much of her accounting?
(a) Her desk drawer
(b) Her kitchen cupboard
(c) Her diary
(d) Her bedside table

4. Who is Dr. Page?
(a) A Hallowell physician
(b) An Augusta physician
(c) A Boston physician
(d) A Portland physician

5. Martha's success rate was comparable to the statistics of the _______________.
(a) 1890s
(b) 1860s
(c) 1920s
(d) 1930s

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Martha refer to single women in her diary?

2. What phrase does Martha use to indicate that her house was fighting with her?

3. Who does Rebecca Foster accuse of raping her?

4. Martha's success rate was ____________________.

5. How many people in the Ballard household get married in 1792?

(see the answer key)

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