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A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what town to Martha and Ephraim settle?
(a) Houston
(b) Hallowell
(c) Hingham
(d) Hightower

2. What is the perception of midwives among women?
(a) Fear
(b) Love
(c) Trust
(d) Mistrust

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

4. Who is Ephraim Ballard?
(a) Martha's husband
(b) Martha's first son
(c) Martha's brother-in-law
(d) Martha's father-in-law

5. What business did men handle during Martha's lifetime?
(a) Legal work
(b) Education work
(c) Religious work
(d) Public business

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

7. Why was Martha able to keep her daughters at home for the majority of their young adult lives?
(a) She demanded that they stay
(b) She would not let them marry
(c) She had enough money from her two businesses
(d) She asked them to stay

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

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

10. Many men during Martha's lifetime thought that education for a woman was ________________.
(a) Unnecessary
(b) Critical
(c) Optional
(d) Unlikely

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

12. Martha's success rate was comparable to the statistics of the _______________.
(a) 1860s
(b) 1930s
(c) 1920s
(d) 1890s

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

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

15. Martha's diary was once included in a book about the history of which city?
(a) Albany, New York
(b) Augusta, Georgia
(c) Augusta, Maine
(d) Portland, Maine

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Page become a problem for Martha?

2. What was the wife expected to make for the couple's new home?

3. What happens to Jonathan Ballard during his employment with Peter Jones at the mill?

4. What is the perception of midwives among those in authority?

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

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