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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How could birth be a dangerous process?
(a) If the baby was premature
(b) If the woman was alone
(c) If it was a breech birth
(d) If it was a multiple birth

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

3. Which prominent man in Hallowell did not like Isaac Foster?
(a) Thomas Sewall
(b) Henry Sewall
(c) James Franklin
(d) John Smith

4. Where did Martha deep much of her accounting?
(a) Her diary
(b) Her bedside table
(c) Her kitchen cupboard
(d) Her desk drawer

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

6. Whose illegitimate child does Martha deliver in October of 1791?
(a) Rebecca Foster
(b) Ellen Franklin
(c) Sally Pierce
(d) Rebecca Densmore

7. What term did Martha use for a woman in labor?
(a) Unwell
(b) Tormented
(c) Writhing
(d) Expectant

8. What does young Ephraim do after the family's move?
(a) He buys a horse
(b) He plants a garden
(c) He works for neighbors
(d) He falls in love

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

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

11. What is the function of a midwife?
(a) Teacher
(b) Housekeeping
(c) Weaver
(d) Deliver babies

12. Who does Rebecca Foster accuse of raping her?
(a) Colonel North
(b) James Franklin
(c) Thomas Sewall
(d) Henry Sewall

13. How many children did Martha have?
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) 9

14. What is the term used when the groom retrieves his bride from her parents' home?
(a) Honeymoon
(b) Kidnapping
(c) Homemaking
(d) Housekeeping

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What terms does Martha very seldom use for women in her diary?

2. Who does Jonathan Ballard marry in February of 1792?

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

4. What was the death rate in Martha's town between the years of 1785 and 1790?

5. Many New England tows were religiously divided between the strict ______________ and the liberals.

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