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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession did some of the ousted female healers choose?
(a) nursing
(b) pharmacology
(c) teaching
(d) dressmaking

2. When did midwives stop attending autopsies?
(a) When the midwife vomited
(b) When they became more institutionalized
(c) When the midwife shrieked
(d) When the midwife fainted

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

4. In Martha's time it was a common practice for _______________ to attend autopsies.
(a) physicians
(b) lawyers
(c) midwives
(d) ministers

5. How did Ephraim and Jonathan assist in Martha's weaving business?
(a) Sales
(b) Sheared sheep and broke flax
(c) Accounting
(d) Weaving

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does Martha deliver in her lifetime?

2. How old is Martha at the beginning of 1796?

3. Who is the new girl hired by Martha to help in the house?

4. What is Martha's sister's name?

5. How many nights had Ephraim spent in the woods as a surveyor?

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