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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 product for which Martha used herbs?
(a) Ointments
(b) Teas
(c) Hallucinogens
(d) Compresses

2. How long did brides remain with their parents after the marriage?
(a) 1 month
(b) 6 months
(c) 2 months
(d) 1 year

3. Who does the woman in #82 claim is the father of her child?
(a) Reverend Foster
(b) Henry Sewall
(c) Jonathan Ballard
(d) Captain North

4. What term did Martha use for a woman in labor?
(a) Expectant
(b) Unwell
(c) Tormented
(d) Writhing

5. Who does Jonathan Ballard marry in February of 1792?
(a) Sally Pierce
(b) Rebecca Foster
(c) Ellen Howe
(d) Rebecca Densmore

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Martha use as purgatives?

2. What terms does Martha very seldom use for women in her diary?

3. What was the wife expected to make for the couple's new home?

4. How were the churches in each town supported?

5. How many babies is Martha delivering each year at this time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the role of a midwife in society and Martha's role in particular?

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

3. What was the religious structure in Hallowell and who was the minister in the town?

4. Explain the metaphor of the community as a blue-checked cloth.

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

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

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

8. How did Martha procure her medicines and what treatments did she advocate?

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

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

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