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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not a product for which Martha used herbs?
(a) Compresses
(b) Ointments
(c) Teas
(d) Hallucinogens

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

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

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

6. What was Ephraim's profession?
(a) Surveyor and miller
(b) Surveyor and judge
(c) Lawyer and miller
(d) Lawyer and judge

7. How long did brides remain with their parents after the marriage?
(a) 1 month
(b) 2 months
(c) 1 year
(d) 6 months

8. How many people died during the epidemic in 1787?
(a) 15
(b) 5
(c) 150
(d) 50

9. How many people in the Ballard household get married in 1792?
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 4

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town was Martha Ballard born?

2. Were marriages arranged in the 18th century?

3. Which of Martha's daughters spun yarn for weaving and trading?

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

5. Society during Martha's time was described as a ___________________.

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