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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened to the man accused of raping Rebecca?
(a) He was imprisoned
(b) He was acquitted
(c) He was hanged
(d) He was exiled

3. In what year does Martha start her diary?
(a) 1776
(b) 1812
(c) 1785
(d) 1790

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

5. What was a normal occurrence during courtship?
(a) pre-marital sex
(b) going dancing
(c) having picnics
(d) going to church

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

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

8. 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

9. What was Martha Ballard's maiden name?
(a) Moore
(b) Miller
(c) McKenna
(d) Murphy

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

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

12. Which of the following is not something Martha had to contend with as a midwife?
(a) False Labor
(b) Boredom
(c) Premature births
(d) Weather

13. What does Martha charge for each birth?
(a) 3 shillings
(b) 12 shillings
(c) 6 shillings
(d) 10 shillings

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Reverend Isaac Foster?

2. What is the term used when the groom retrieves his bride from her parents' home?

3. How many children did Martha have?

4. Everyone knew that birth was a ______________ process.

5. An unwed mother was required to _______________________.

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