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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had the Ballards been living at John Jones Mill?
(a) 3 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 7 years
(d) 10 years

2. What do Ephraim and Jonathan build for Martha?
(a) Trundle bed
(b) Loom
(c) Sewing room
(d) New cupboard

3. Martha's success rate was ____________________.
(a) very high
(b) high
(c) average
(d) below average

4. What is the perception of midwives among those in authority?
(a) Fear
(b) Scorn
(c) Trust
(d) Skepticism

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

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

7. How many young women did Martha employ in her home between the years of 1785-1800?
(a) 39
(b) 27
(c) 29
(d) 30

8. Why does Dr. Page become a problem for Martha?
(a) He sues her
(b) He includes midwifery in his practice
(c) He opens his practice next door
(d) He makes slanderous comments about her

9. Which of the following is not a way in which Martha would discuss a man in her diary?
(a) Business
(b) Legal
(c) Intimate
(d) Friend

10. Martha began to keep a diary because ___________________________.
(a) She had a hard time remembering appointments
(b) She wanted to pass her story to her children
(c) She wanted to keep a medical log
(d) No one really knows

11. What is Martha's sister's name?
(a) Elizabeth Brown
(b) Dorothy Barton
(c) Dorothy Ballard
(d) Clara Barton

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

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

14. Who does Jonathan Ballard marry in February of 1792?
(a) Ellen Howe
(b) Sally Pierce
(c) Rebecca Densmore
(d) Rebecca Foster

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town was Martha Ballard born?

2. Which prominent man in Hallowell did not like Isaac Foster?

3. How long did brides remain with their parents after the marriage?

4. Who is Ephraim Ballard?

5. A physician's training was ___________________________.

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