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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the woman in #82 claim is the father of her child?
(a) Reverend Foster
(b) Captain North
(c) Henry Sewall
(d) Jonathan Ballard

2. What role did the men play in the delivery of a child?
(a) Cut the umbilical cord
(b) Cut the bandages
(c) Boiled the water
(d) Transported the midwife and nurses

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

4. Who moves into the Ballard house after their two daughters and niece leave to live with their new husbands?
(a) Betsy and Sally
(b) Sally and Ellen
(c) Betsy and Ellen
(d) Betsy and Rebecca

5. What is Isaac Foster's wife's name?
(a) Martha
(b) Ellen
(c) Elizabeth
(d) Rebecca

6. What was the birth to death ratio in Martha's town between the years of 1785 and 1790?
(a) 10:1
(b) 4:1
(c) 3:1
(d) 1:1

7. Who was expected to provide all the items for the newlyweds' new home?
(a) The bride and groom
(b) The groom
(c) The bride and her parents
(d) The groom's parents

8. What terms does Martha very seldom use for women in her diary?
(a) Lady or Mistress
(b) Lady or Mam
(c) Lady or Madam
(d) Dame or Mistress

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

10. How many children does Martha deliver in her lifetime?
(a) 503
(b) 50
(c) 816
(d) 192

11. Delivering babies was left primarily to whom?
(a) Nurses
(b) Husbands
(c) Midwives
(d) Doctors

12. How many times in 27 years of midwife practice did Martha ever call a doctor?
(a) 15
(b) 2
(c) 7
(d) 10

13. How were the churches in each town supported?
(a) Federal taxes
(b) State taxes
(c) Congregation funds
(d) Town taxes

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

15. With whom does Dolly Ballard apprentice as a dressmaker?
(a) Mrs. Dunham
(b) Mrs. Densmore
(c) Mrs. Franklin
(d) Mrs. Foster

Short Answer Questions

1. Martha's medicines contained no more than _________ ingredients.

2. Because of Dr. Page's training, Martha thinks he is _______________.

3. In what town was Martha Ballard born?

4. In what year does Martha start her diary?

5. Which of the following was not one of Martha's professions?

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