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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. How does Martha refer to single women in her diary?
(a) Miss or their father's name
(b) Miss or their first name
(c) Miss or their fiance's name
(d) Ms. or their first name

2. Martha used her diary to _________________.
(a) track her businesses
(b) complain about her husband
(c) unload her problems
(d) vent about emotional problems

3. Martha strongly believed in _____________ to make her patients feel better.
(a) purging the body
(b) drinking water
(c) taking a nap
(d) sitting in the sun

4. What is the perception of midwives among those in authority?
(a) Scorn
(b) Trust
(c) Fear
(d) Skepticism

5. In what year was Martha Ballard born?
(a) 1753
(b) 1800
(c) 1776
(d) 1735

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not something Martha noted in her diary about each birth?

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

3. For how many years did Martha work as a midwife?

4. Who does Jonathan Ballard marry in February of 1792?

5. Which prominent man in Hallowell did not like Isaac Foster?

Short Essay Questions

1. During what years did Martha keep her diary?

2. How much detail did Martha include in her diary about each birth?

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

4. Explain the community's position on premarital sex and how Martha's own family was embroiled in a situation regarding premarital sex.

5. What did Martha charge for delivering a baby?

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

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

8. How was Reverend Foster's wife, Rebecca, received in Hallowell?

9. What were the circumstances surrounding the typical wedding?

10. What was the nature of the relationship between midwives and physicians during Martha's lifetime?

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