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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many houses does Jonathan rent out on his property?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 1

2. How old is Martha at the beginning of 1796?
(a) Over 40
(b) Over 60
(c) Over 70
(d) Over 50

3. What is the result of a disagreement between France and England?
(a) The Malta War
(b) The War of 1812
(c) The French and Indian War
(d) The Jefferson embargo

4. At what age does John Davis Jr. die?
(a) 5
(b) 15
(c) 3
(d) 7

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

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

7. Which family member's autopsy did Martha attend?
(a) Dolly
(b) Parthenia
(c) Ephraim
(d) Jonathan

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

9. On whom does Martha rely heavily during this period?
(a) God
(b) Dolly
(c) Rebecca
(d) Ephraim

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

11. When did midwives stop attending autopsies?
(a) When they became more institutionalized
(b) When the midwife vomited
(c) When the midwife shrieked
(d) When the midwife fainted

12. Who is the new girl hired by Martha to help in the house?
(a) Hepsy
(b) Helen
(c) Halle
(d) Hope

13. Which family member concerns Martha because of a bad temper?
(a) Hannah
(b) Ephraim
(c) Jonathan
(d) Dolly

14. At what job is Ephraim working when he is arrested?
(a) Surveyor
(b) Editor
(c) Miller
(d) Tax collector

15. Who committed a murder/suicide on July 9, 1806?
(a) Dr. Page
(b) Dr. Densmore
(c) Reverend Foster
(d) Captain Purrinton

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mary Hobart?

2. Which of the following is not a reason that someone stays with Martha and Ephraim each night?

3. Why does Martha become increasingly dependent on Jonathan?

4. How many of the children of the answer to #148 escaped?

5. Who does Mary give the diary pages to?

(see the answer keys)

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