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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Martha deep much of her accounting?
(a) Her diary
(b) Her kitchen cupboard
(c) Her desk drawer
(d) Her bedside table

2. What was the death rate in Martha's town between the years of 1785 and 1790?
(a) 150 per 1000
(b) 50 per 1000
(c) 10 per 1500
(d) 15 per 1000

3. Were marriages arranged in the 18th century?
(a) always
(b) yes
(c) sometimes
(d) no

4. Martha began to keep a diary because ___________________________.
(a) She wanted to keep a medical log
(b) No one really knows
(c) She wanted to pass her story to her children
(d) She had a hard time remembering appointments

5. How could birth be a dangerous process?
(a) If it was a multiple birth
(b) If the woman was alone
(c) If it was a breech birth
(d) If the baby was premature

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not something Martha had to contend with as a midwife?

2. Why does Dr. Page become a problem for Martha?

3. Which of the following was not one of Martha's professions?

4. Which of Martha's daughters spun yarn for weaving and trading?

5. What does Martha charge for each birth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the occupation of Martha's husband, Ephraim?

2. What was the pattern of new births in the year 1793?

3. What details about each birth did Martha choose to exclude from her diary?

4. Which of Martha's relatives were married by 1792?

5. Explain why the summer of 1787 was very harrowing for the Ballard family.

6. What were the circumstances surrounding the rape of Rebecca Foster?

7. What were the circumstances surrounding the typical wedding?

8. What was the opinion of Reverend Foster by the Calvinists in the town and whose was the principal voice among them?

9. How did Martha get started as a midwife in Hallowell?

10. Where did Martha Ballard grow up and when did she marry her husband/

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