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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. Which of the following is not a way in which Martha would discuss a man in her diary?
(a) Business
(b) Friend
(c) Legal
(d) Intimate

2. What is the perception of midwives among women?
(a) Love
(b) Mistrust
(c) Trust
(d) Fear

3. Delivering babies was left primarily to whom?
(a) Doctors
(b) Midwives
(c) Nurses
(d) Husbands

4. How were the churches in each town supported?
(a) Federal taxes
(b) Town taxes
(c) Congregation funds
(d) State taxes

5. Martha's success rate was ____________________.
(a) below average
(b) average
(c) high
(d) very high

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not one of Ephraim's professions?

2. Who moves into the Ballard house after their two daughters and niece leave to live with their new husbands?

3. What does Martha charge for each birth?

4. What is the term used when the groom retrieves his bride from her parents' home?

5. On what river does Martha spend much of her time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Martha's weaving business allowed for the overlapping of male and female roles in the Ballard household.

2. Although premarital sex was acknowledged as a common practice, it was also illegal. Explain the repercussions for both people involved.

3. In general, how was the business in the community divided between men and women?

4. What was the outcome of the Rebecca Foster rape case?

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

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

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

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

9. During what years did Martha keep her diary?

10. What did Martha charge for delivering a baby?

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