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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what river does Martha spend much of her time?
(a) Colorado River
(b) Kennebec River
(c) Mississippi River
(d) Ohio River

2. What was Martha Ballard's maiden name?
(a) Miller
(b) McKenna
(c) Moore
(d) Murphy

3. To what state do Martha and Ephraim move with their family?
(a) New York
(b) Ohio
(c) Maine
(d) Connecticut

4. What is the epidemic in the summer of 1787?
(a) Malaria
(b) Scarlet fever
(c) Measles
(d) Smallpox

5. What was the death rate in Martha's town between the years of 1785 and 1790?
(a) 50 per 1000
(b) 10 per 1500
(c) 150 per 1000
(d) 15 per 1000

6. How many babies is Martha delivering each year at this time?
(a) 100
(b) 20
(c) 10
(d) 50

7. What did Martha use as purgatives?
(a) Marshmallow root
(b) Senna
(c) Licorice
(d) Henna

8. Martha's medicines contained no more than _________ ingredients.
(a) four
(b) ten
(c) five
(d) three

9. Many New England tows were religiously divided between the strict ______________ and the liberals.
(a) Methodists
(b) Catholics
(c) Baptists
(d) Calvinists

10. What was the wife expected to make for the couple's new home?
(a) A quilt
(b) Curtains
(c) Rugs
(d) New clothes

11. How many young women did Martha employ in her home between the years of 1785-1800?
(a) 27
(b) 29
(c) 39
(d) 30

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

13. What is the bulk of Martha's diary?
(a) Daily activities
(b) To-do list
(c) Musings
(d) Opinions

14. Where do Martha and Ephraim move their family?
(a) Henry Sewall's house
(b) Captain North's house
(c) The Mill Pond house
(d) Old Lieutenant Howard's house

15. What happened to the man accused of raping Rebecca?
(a) He was imprisoned
(b) He was exiled
(c) He was hanged
(d) He was acquitted

Short Answer Questions

1. Many historians consider Martha's diary to be _____________.

2. In what year was Martha Ballard born?

3. Were marriages arranged in the 18th century?

4. Which social and economic class had more out-of-wedlock births?

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

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