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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Were marriages arranged in the 18th century?
(a) sometimes
(b) no
(c) yes
(d) always

2. What business did women handle during Martha's lifetime?
(a) Unseen community business
(b) Editorial work
(c) Education work
(d) Volunteer work

3. How did Ephraim and Jonathan assist in Martha's weaving business?
(a) Weaving
(b) Sheared sheep and broke flax
(c) Sales
(d) Accounting

4. Martha used her diary to _________________.
(a) track her businesses
(b) vent about emotional problems
(c) unload her problems
(d) complain about her husband

5. Why does Martha think Dr. Page will not be successful?
(a) He has no connections in the town
(b) He comes from a big city
(c) He is young and single
(d) He is too inexperienced

6. What is the state of Martha's accounts at this point?
(a) Meager
(b) Could be better
(c) Healthy
(d) Broke

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

8. Who is Dr. Page?
(a) An Augusta physician
(b) A Boston physician
(c) A Portland physician
(d) A Hallowell physician

9. Where did young unwed mothers stay?
(a) With their lovers
(b) With their parents
(c) With the preacher's wife
(d) With distant relatives

10. 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

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

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 one month had passed
(d) When the baby was considered healthy

13. What was Martha always sure to include when she mentioned a man in her diary?
(a) His wife's name
(b) His title
(c) His address
(d) His middle name

14. Which of the following is not something Martha noted in her diary about each birth?
(a) Time of birth
(b) Payment
(c) Comments about the woman's body
(d) Gender of the baby

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Dolly Ballard apprentice as a dressmaker?

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

3. Martha's success rate was ____________________.

4. In what town to Martha and Ephraim settle?

5. How could birth be a dangerous process?

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