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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because of Dr. Page's training, Martha thinks he is _______________.
(a) overconfident
(b) better than she
(c) immature
(d) inexperienced

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

3. Who moves into the Ballard house after their two daughters and niece leave to live with their new husbands?
(a) Betsy and Ellen
(b) Betsy and Sally
(c) Sally and Ellen
(d) Betsy and Rebecca

4. With whom does Dolly Ballard apprentice as a dressmaker?
(a) Mrs. Foster
(b) Mrs. Dunham
(c) Mrs. Densmore
(d) Mrs. Franklin

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

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

7. What role did the men play in the delivery of a child?
(a) Cut the umbilical cord
(b) Transported the midwife and nurses
(c) Boiled the water
(d) Cut the bandages

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

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

10. What does Martha experience for the first time during this period?
(a) The birth of her first child
(b) The first time she delivers a child
(c) The Baptism of her last child
(d) The death of a mother and child

11. Many historians consider Martha's diary to be _____________.
(a) untrue
(b) slightly interesting
(c) riveting
(d) mundane

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Martha strongly believed in _____________ to make her patients feel better.

2. Which of the following is not a way in which Martha would discuss a man in her diary?

3. Martha's diary was once included in a book about the history of which city?

4. What is Martha accused of taking from a neighbor?

5. What was a normal occurrence during courtship?

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