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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ephraim consider his imprisonment?
(a) A vacation
(b) A scandal
(c) A nuisance
(d) An outrage

2. Who stays with Martha and Ephraim each night?
(a) Hannah
(b) Rebecca Foster
(c) One of Jonathan's children
(d) Mrs. Densmore

3. Where does Ephraim spend his 80th birthday?
(a) Home
(b) Jail
(c) The tavern
(d) Jonathan's house

4. How old is Ephraim in January of 1796?
(a) Over 50
(b) Over 70
(c) Over 60
(d) Over 40

5. Why did the author publish Martha's diary?
(a) She had a master's thesis to complete
(b) She had a legal contractual agreement to do so
(c) So people could understand life for women in this time period
(d) She has a collection of diaries

6. How many nights had Ephraim spent in the woods as a surveyor?
(a) 103
(b) 239
(c) 59
(d) 300

7. How does the year 1809 begin for Martha?
(a) She buries her husband
(b) She has resigned
(c) She delivered a baby
(d) She is injured from a fall

8. How many of his children did the answer to #148 kill?
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 6

9. Who moves into Martha's house with her?
(a) Her sister
(b) Jonathan and his family
(c) Hannah and her family
(d) Ephraim's sister

10. Who is ambushing survey crews?
(a) Native American warriors
(b) French soldiers
(c) Settlers dressed as Indians
(d) U.S. army deserters

11. In what field does Martha's family remain?
(a) Law
(b) Publishing
(c) Medicine
(d) Education

12. To what event is Martha invited?
(a) John Davis Jr.'s autopsy
(b) John Davis Jr.'s birthday party
(c) John Davis Jr.'s funeral
(d) John Davis Jr.s' Baptism

13. Who buys the parcel of land next to Jonathan's?
(a) Henry Sewall
(b) Dr. Page
(c) Captain Purrinton
(d) Reverend Foster

14. How old is Martha in the spring of 1804?
(a) 67
(b) 65
(c) 60
(d) 70

15. What type of seeds did the merchants sell?
(a) Vegetable
(b) Flowers
(c) Exotic
(d) Fruit

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did Martha not grow in her garden?

2. Martha's midwife practice increases due to the death of which midwife?

3. Where is Ephraim jailed?

4. Who committed a murder/suicide on July 9, 1806?

5. Why does Martha become increasingly dependent on Jonathan?

(see the answer keys)

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