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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a reason that someone stays with Martha and Ephraim each night?
(a) It relieves the crowding in Jonathan's house
(b) They have set fire to the house before
(c) Help Martha and Ephraim with chores
(d) Cook food for Martha and Ephraim

2. Which physician is threatened by Martha's practice?
(a) Dr. Cony
(b) Dr. Page
(c) Dr. Foster
(d) Dr. Densmore

3. How many autopsies did Martha attend in her life?
(a) 13
(b) 8
(c) 2
(d) 4

4. What are the names of the two children who survived?
(a) James and Martha
(b) Martha and John
(c) James and Anna
(d) James and Ellen

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

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

7. How long does it take the answer to #146 to clear the land and build a house for his family?
(a) 6 months
(b) 2 months
(c) 2 years
(d) 1 year

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

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

10. What did away with the community female healers?
(a) Fewer women in the profession
(b) Fewer patients
(c) Professionalism and male dominance
(d) More hospitals

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

12. Young midwives are __________________ by the doctors in the area.
(a) outraged
(b) harrassed
(c) discouraged
(d) insulted

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

14. What did Clara Barton found?
(a) The American Red Cross
(b) The Clara Barton Foundation
(c) The Juliette Low Foundation
(d) The Florence Nightingale Society

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the pages of Martha's diary stored?

2. What is one reason that Martha's diary is so special?

3. At what job is Ephraim working when he is arrested?

4. What phrase does Martha use to indicate that her house was fighting with her?

5. How many houses does Jonathan rent out on his property?

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