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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old is Ephraim in January of 1796?
(a) Over 70
(b) Over 60
(c) Over 40
(d) Over 50

4. What is Martha's main concern at this time?
(a) Her grandchildren
(b) Ephraim's health
(c) A terminal illness
(d) Getting older

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

6. What was the profession of John Davis Jr.'s father?
(a) Editor
(b) Miller
(c) Lawyer
(d) Surveyor

7. Who abridged Martha's diary for a history of Augusta?
(a) Charles Elventon Nash
(b) Charles Kuralt
(c) Charles Osgood
(d) Charles Lindbergh

8. Who does Mary give the diary pages to?
(a) The Kennebunkport Museum
(b) The Smithsonian Institution
(c) The Augusta Historical Society
(d) The Maine State Library

9. Why did the author publish Martha's diary?
(a) She has a collection of diaries
(b) So people could understand life for women in this time period
(c) She had a legal contractual agreement to do so
(d) She had a master's thesis to complete

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

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

12. What phrase does Martha use to indicate that her house was fighting with her?
(a) No rest for the weary
(b) At the end of its tether
(c) Up in arms
(d) Chomping at the bit

13. 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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which physician is threatened by Martha's practice?

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

3. What is Martha's physical state?

4. What is Martha's biggest problem during Ephraim's incarceration?

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

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