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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 many babies is Martha delivering each year at this time?
(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 100
(d) 50

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

3. What do Ephraim and Jonathan build for Martha?
(a) Sewing room
(b) Loom
(c) Trundle bed
(d) New cupboard

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

5. Who is Dr. Page?
(a) A Portland physician
(b) A Boston physician
(c) An Augusta physician
(d) A Hallowell physician

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the bulk of Martha's diary?

2. What does young Ephraim do after the family's move?

3. With whom does Dolly Ballard apprentice as a dressmaker?

4. Martha's training was _________________________.

5. Why was Martha able to keep her daughters at home for the majority of their young adult lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many times did Martha engage a doctor during her midwife practice?

2. During what years did Martha keep her diary?

3. Explain the contentious relationship between Reverend Foster and Henry Sewall.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What were the circumstances surrounding the typical wedding?

10. What is so amazing about Martha's diary and why do some people speculate that she began writing it?

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