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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of Martha's daughters spun yarn for weaving and trading?
(a) Hannah and Daisy
(b) Hannah and Dolly
(c) Molly and Ellen
(d) Hannah and Molly

3. What is the term used when the groom retrieves his bride from her parents' home?
(a) Housekeeping
(b) Homemaking
(c) Kidnapping
(d) Honeymoon

4. Many New England tows were religiously divided between the strict ______________ and the liberals.
(a) Methodists
(b) Baptists
(c) Calvinists
(d) Catholics

5. Where do Martha and Ephraim move their family?
(a) Old Lieutenant Howard's house
(b) Captain North's house
(c) Henry Sewall's house
(d) The Mill Pond house

6. How many preachers was each town allowed?
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 2

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

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

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

10. Martha's training was _________________________.
(a) literary and experimental
(b) traditional and manual
(c) traditional and experimental
(d) manual and experimental

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

12. Everyone knew that birth was a ______________ process.
(a) unnatural
(b) ridiculous
(c) unnecessary
(d) natural

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

14. What is the state of Martha's accounts at this point?
(a) Meager
(b) Healthy
(c) Broke
(d) Could be better

15. What major problem does Martha have with living in the new house?
(a) Cleaning
(b) Space
(c) Gardening
(d) Walking

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did young unwed mothers stay?

2. For how many years did Martha work as a midwife?

3. How many people died during the epidemic in 1787?

4. What was a normal occurrence during courtship?

5. What was Martha always sure to include when she mentioned a man in her diary?

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