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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through April 1806.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ephraim encounter who do not give up their land?
(a) French explorers
(b) U.S. army troops
(c) Native Americans
(d) Squatters

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

3. What marked the end of the "lying-in" period for a new mother?
(a) When one month had passed
(b) When she could make her own bed
(c) When the baby was considered healthy
(d) When the relatives went home

4. What are Mr. Densmore's occupations?
(a) Miller and tailor
(b) Farmer and tailor
(c) Judge and tailor
(d) Farmer and lawyer

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Martha's daughters spun yarn for weaving and trading?

2. Who moves into the Ballard house after their two daughters and niece leave to live with their new husbands?

3. What did Dr. Page not understand?

4. When could a man be charged with fornication?

5. At what job is Ephraim working when he is arrested?

(see the answer key)

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