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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Mary Hobart?
(a) She is Martha's best friend
(b) She is Martha's sister-in-law
(c) She is Martha's first patient
(d) She inherited the pages of Martha's diary in 1884

7. Why was Ephraim released during the days?
(a) To get exercise
(b) To get some sunshine
(c) To visit Martha
(d) To work to pay his debt

8. 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 years
(c) 1 year
(d) 2 months

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

10. What is the name of the man who came for the two remaining children?
(a) Hezekiah
(b) James
(c) Ezra
(d) Matthew

11. What is one reason that Martha's diary is so special?
(a) She had nine children which kept her very busy
(b) Many women of the time could not write
(c) Paper was scarce during this time
(d) Her businesses occupied most of her time

12. What does Mary Hobart have in common with Martha?
(a) They lived on the same property
(b) They were both Calvinists
(c) Medical care of women and children
(d) They shared an interest in gardening

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which family member concerns Martha because of a bad temper?

3. How is Clara Barton related to Martha?

4. What is Martha's physical state?

5. Where did James stay after the murders?

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