A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 Test | Final Test - Easy

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 Test | Final Test - Easy

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Ephraim's attitude about his surveying work?
(a) He hates it
(b) He has retired
(c) He is semi-retired
(d) He is not ready to slow down

3. Where is Ephraim jailed?
(a) Shawshank prison
(b) The Hallowell jail
(c) The Kennebunk jail
(d) The Augusta prison

4. Who is the mother of John Davis Jr.?
(a) Hetty Davis
(b) Hetty Densmore
(c) Hetty Ballard
(d) Hetty Pierce

5. Why does Martha become increasingly dependent on Jonathan?
(a) Ephraim dies
(b) Ephaim is very ill
(c) Ephraim leaves her
(d) Ephraim is arrested

6. What is the result of the answer to #159?
(a) Merchant bankruptcies
(b) A new election
(c) Labor strikes
(d) Birth of a new political party

7. How many of the children of the answer to #148 escaped?
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) 2

8. Who is Paul Chadwick?
(a) Martha and Ephraim's son-in-law
(b) The new Hallowell minister
(c) A surveyor who volunteers to survey 100 acres of Malta
(d) The newspaper editor

9. Who does Ephraim encounter who do not give up their land?
(a) U.S. army troops
(b) Native Americans
(c) French explorers
(d) Squatters

10. Where did Martha stay after the murders?
(a) With Martha and Ephraim
(b) With the Densmores
(c) With Jonathan and Sally
(d) With the Fosters

11. Where was the murderer buried?
(a) At sea
(b) On his farm
(c) The Calvinist cemetery
(d) Tossed in a hole at the side of a road

12. Where did James stay after the murders?
(a) With Martha and Ephraim
(b) With the Fosters
(c) With Jonathan and Sally
(d) With Dr. Page

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

14. In Martha's time it was a common practice for _______________ to attend autopsies.
(a) physicians
(b) midwives
(c) lawyers
(d) ministers

15. Who was Clara Barton?
(a) A Civil War nurse
(b) A newspaper editor
(c) A university professor
(d) A historian

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Clara Barton found?

2. Who moves into Martha's house with her?

3. What type of seeds did the merchants sell?

4. How many autopsies did Martha attend in her life?

5. Which family member's autopsy did Martha attend?

(see the answer keys)

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