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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What terms does Martha very seldom use for women in her diary?
(a) Lady or Mistress
(b) Lady or Mam
(c) Lady or Madam
(d) Dame or Mistress

2. How long did brides remain with their parents after the marriage?
(a) 1 year
(b) 6 months
(c) 1 month
(d) 2 months

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

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

5. Martha strongly believed in _____________ to make her patients feel better.
(a) sitting in the sun
(b) drinking water
(c) purging the body
(d) taking a nap

6. When could a man be charged with fornication?
(a) When he refused to take responsibility for a child
(b) When he was married
(c) When an affair lasted more than six months
(d) When his partner was a young girl

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

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

9. Martha's medicines contained no more than _________ ingredients.
(a) three
(b) five
(c) ten
(d) four

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

11. How many people died during the epidemic in 1787?
(a) 15
(b) 5
(c) 50
(d) 150

12. Who is Dr. Page?
(a) An Augusta physician
(b) A Portland physician
(c) A Hallowell physician
(d) A Boston physician

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the churches in each town supported?

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

3. What was the death rate in Martha's town between the years of 1785 and 1790?

4. Where did Martha deep much of her accounting?

5. What was Martha Ballard's maiden name?

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