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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. With whom does Dolly Ballard apprentice as a dressmaker?
(a) Mrs. Foster
(b) Mrs. Dunham
(c) Mrs. Densmore
(d) Mrs. Franklin

2. How many people died during the epidemic in 1787?
(a) 50
(b) 15
(c) 5
(d) 150

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

4. Martha's success rate was comparable to the statistics of the _______________.
(a) 1860s
(b) 1920s
(c) 1930s
(d) 1890s

5. What role did the men play in the delivery of a child?
(a) Boiled the water
(b) Cut the umbilical cord
(c) Cut the bandages
(d) Transported the midwife and nurses

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Martha Ballard born?

2. What was Martha always sure to include when she mentioned a man in her diary?

3. Who is Dr. Page?

4. Martha's training was _________________________.

5. Martha strongly believed in _____________ to make her patients feel better.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How has Martha's diary been perceived by historians?

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

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

6. How does Martha's diary show the male-dominated society in which she lived?

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

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

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

10. During what years did Martha keep her diary?

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