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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ephraim arrested?
(a) He writes scandalous editorials
(b) He is $800 short in his accounting
(c) He refuses to pay his taxes
(d) He cheats customers on a regular basis

2. To what event is Martha invited?
(a) John Davis Jr.'s funeral
(b) John Davis Jr.'s birthday party
(c) John Davis Jr.s' Baptism
(d) John Davis Jr.'s autopsy

3. What does Martha experience for the first time during this period?
(a) The death of a mother and child
(b) The first time she delivers a child
(c) The Baptism of her last child
(d) The birth of her first child

4. In what year was Martha Ballard born?
(a) 1735
(b) 1776
(c) 1753
(d) 1800

5. What are the names of the two children who survived?
(a) James and Martha
(b) Martha and John
(c) James and Anna
(d) James and Ellen

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times in 27 years of midwife practice did Martha ever call a doctor?

2. What is the function of a midwife?

3. How could birth be a dangerous process?

4. Which of the following was not one of Ephraim's professions?

5. How did Ephraim and Jonathan assist in Martha's weaving business?

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