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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. What profession did some of the ousted female healers choose?
(a) pharmacology
(b) teaching
(c) nursing
(d) dressmaking

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Martha's midwife practice increases due to the death of which midwife?
(a) Ann Mosier
(b) Ava Densmore
(c) Rebecca Foster
(d) Ellen Franklin

12. Why is Ephraim arrested?
(a) He is $800 short in his accounting
(b) He refuses to pay his taxes
(c) He cheats customers on a regular basis
(d) He writes scandalous editorials

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On whom does Martha rely heavily during this period?

4. What are the names of the two children who survived?

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

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